Bronze Reporter [Volume: 6, Issue: 6]

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the Bronze Reporter is to

reflect the thought of the Negro, to expose those persons
and conditions which prove contrary to the American way
of life, to protest acts or policies which ~deny the Negro his

full constitutional rights as a true American.

The Bronze Reporter is a non-partisan newspaper; its
main objective is to render a public service through good
journalism and to this end, The Bronze. Reporter ds faith
fully dedicated.

BRONZE REPORTER, SATURDAY, Ta, 31, 1058

By
The Rev. James S, A. Mitcham

JUST FOR TODAY
TEXT: ~Arid his allowance was
& <antinual allowance given by
fle Aeing, a daily rate for every
day, ali the days of his life.

~~ ~. __~2 Kings 25:30.
~ The beek from which our text
is taken deals largely with the
struggles of the Jewish people
against their enemies. One of
the kings of Judah had been
taken captive by a king of Babylon. As a rule when Jews were
taken captive they were harshly
treated by their enemies, however, the action of this king of
Babylon was an exception. Usually the nobles of the people were
slain, their cities dispoiled, and
their treasures carried away.
For thirty years this king of
Judah had languished in prison. Upon the succession in the
kingdom of Babylon, the new
king took pity on the captured
king of Judah, spoke kindly to
him, and improved his prison
condition. He was given an allowance for the remainder of
his life. And as our text: reads,
~A daily rate for every day.~
The compassion of this.king
of Babylon is merely an imitation of the compassion which
Gods shows to the children of
men, for it is He Who puts pity
and compassion in the; human
heart which moves to mercy
and kindness. The thought expressed in our text is therefore
applicable to God~s dealing with
us. This attitude of His is summed up in the promise that as
great as our need is so. shall
our strength be.. ~
In the New Testament the
Savior often speaks of daily
needs and daily grace, In ~the
Lord~s Prayer we ask for. daily

bread, we seek dajly forgiveness:

of our sins. fact.that God
gives us dailygenough to_satisfy
our needs fits in with. the fact
that He has made us creatures
of a day. Life is not bestowed
upon us in a lump, but we live
from day to day with strength
enough for the day. This is an
important truth that we too often overlook.

If men would remember this
uth there would be less waste
of time and energy, and more
intensive ~living.~ Moreover, nov

SERMON OF THE WEEK.

only does God supply our daily
needs, but He has assigned our
work for each day. He has sent
us into the world to work by

the day and not by the job.

The happiest people are those
who live from day to day, eating their manna fresh from day.
to day. ~Life is after all, a little
love, a little work, a little play,
a little sorrow, and a little
sleep.~ These'come to us day by
day, and if we color our life
from day to day with. the -rain
(bow of hope in another life we

shall find this life our ours
worth living. If today and its
duties are so important, and if
God supplies us daily, this fact
should show us the folly of trying to live on yesterday~s grace.
We cannot live on the food of
yesterday, either in a physical
or a spiritual sense. If we would
have physical strength, we must
have fresh food every day.

The author of ~Rock of Ages~
says:
which we performed yesterday
will not keep me alive today;
I must continue to breath afresh
every moment or life ceases, In
like manner yesterday~s grace
and spiritual strength must be
renewed, and the Holy Spirit
must continue to breathe in my
soul from moment to moment.
This should rebuke us for trying to live too much in the future. It-is well enough to have
a goal toward which we aim, for
life without a purpose is merely
an existence. I believe that God
intended that we should enjoy
our life on earth, even through
suffefing, otherwise He would
not have given us capacities for
suffering, joy and pleasure. The
greatest~ joy in life is so often
working for a goal and not
reaching it, for ~sometimes with

~the success... comes disappoint
ments- 5 &
~Thetrye ~blessings of mortals
is after all, living day by day. ~
In our religion many of us.
misunderstand salvation. It is not
only a place to. be reached in
the future, for already here on
earth does our salvation begin.
The joys in this life are but foretastes of the purer and better
joys that are in store for us.
The real bliss of life is living
it, and the hope of salvation
should inspire us to live better,

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fits Pada ales:

~The:act of - breathing~

~One principle: showd be hou
guide when we attempt
out a budget this year ~ what
we must do to kéep this nation
strong and free,

Can we afford to ~tall turther
behind. in. our, Tyne to al

ate another pro gn cag mot
recession, with the ~misery

needs of our modern age?

Such questions, and their solutions, cannot be: answ without providing the budget answers also, Our. national) needs
are not shapeless~they an not
be ~squashed into-an arbitrary
mold known as ~the national
budget. ae

They are, instead, the hard
stuff and fiber to which we must
mold the budget if We are to
survive as free men and women.

The unhappiest part about
Federal ~expenditures is that so
much must be spent.in |the interests of sean seit Bsa the
proposed budget, =: of

hardship which ose en the
last 15 months? Can 4 on re~main unemployed? Can we risk
a sub-standard school system,.in| ~
light of Soviet advances and the

ails "~0 provide: programs. crating conditions that

gasoline
a gallon. And it proposes;
cue Bat as wates:.go up again,:
this time to 5 cents a letter.

~ Progress is not cheap. But the
prosperity resulting ftom the
proper,. ferward-looking pro~ will more éhan pay for
them

One of Congress~ chores is to
figure out. show to meet these
needs. It will study alternative
procedures for seeuring the nec-'
essary~ funds,~ orle ~of the most
likély of. which is to close the
gaping loopholes in our tax):
structure.

Ecohomy is important, but ~the
price of economy cannot we stagnation.

noblier.and truer lives. |
Another thing we see in the) a
text. is a rebuke for taoaine
trouble. Christ chills this sin. Every day has its measure of cares,
yet also every day has its measure of grace. Near the ~lose ~of
His Sermon On the Mount, Jesus | m
tells us that we-should take no
thought for the morrow, for
the morrow wouid take care of
the things of itself. ~SUFFICIENT UNTO THE DAY IS THE
EVIL THEREOF,~ Ls

Wherever we find life, we find:
his twin-brother, danger. Life
means struggle and activity. We:
are surrounded by forces which
constan

ter..we drink, the food. we eat,
all have in them the elements
which, endanger. our lives.. And~
this is no less true of those
forces which ha eee piritual,

The aie peaches ~Lo, I
[AM WITH ~OU-ALAVAYS, EVEN
UNTO THE END THE}

WORLD.~
It is because the Wihstes of
life, are constant that~ men wor-: vest your pemne - cannot be

threaten, our~ lives.) Sérs., of
The very air we breathe, the wa:-'

Hife as it

ry. No matter how well you in-:

it {will not
be Tost ig Me ooo ~how; well and
strong ~you are ine, you cannot
be sure of ~tomorrow. ~Too many
of us anticipate troubles that
never. happen, and we worry
more. over imaginary evils than
we do over real ones. Some ong
has ~aptly said: It is the evils
that never happen that make
men miserable.~

Gur text contdins not pee
comfort and ~consolation ~of the
material man--but also for the
Spiritual~ PY God gives us a
daily. rate -of--vision for every
Gay. prporaih aos evils. Shove 3 bone

because we

we over them.
~There are more le/killed by
worry than, by., work. It is

care which, eats into life like a
cancer and. takes; yout fall the joy
of, living.,Wonry,, is. sinful.because, it Jacks. the elements of,
~faith. The reasonable man views
and, not. as imagination paints: it. For every down
there dis.an.up, for -every loss}

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of | School and church Sunday.

01 ary. of
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installed officers,:

would help put the 4 million un-| Installed were officers of the
remployed back to. work. ~There Senior Red Circle: president, Evare no imaginative programs ~for ran Wil vite ~ ent,
works, aid to communities, farm- o William? Young ~ Matrons:
djing and the like. ~ ident, Mrs. ~ Dorothy Bu
Yet, the tuadiget ~Propones that ord; vice ~president, Mrs. Ardeltaxes go up. It would increase |la Mays; secretary, Mrs. Florida
poo 3 ' tax by 1%

1 cheer. We ~sincerely thank each

3 Dixson. ~Mission president, Mrs. =

Inez Dandridge; vice president,
Mrs. Lula Ricketts; s
Mrs. Bertha Williams. May God
bless each of these officers that
they be ~strong and of good

church that was represented on
the ~program..
We hope to meet you, your

BETHEL iaintucther

On February 1 from 8 a.m. to
6 p.m., the Methodist Men~willsponsor a car wash at Decker~s,
Mobile Station corner of E..8th
and ~. Saginaw streets. For
pick-up and. delivery service,
phone ~CE 3-9849. This effort is

the organization~s pledge on the
church~s debt rally. |

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spiritual

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The Leaders Of Israel

By the Rev, Eugene S. Watkins

Jesus~ life on earth was not the beginning of his contact with the people of God. Not only had He created man
in His. own image, but He had sassociated Himself with
those upon earth who had chosen to be Worshipers of God.
He was the Mediator between God and the human race
Speaking of the experiences of
~during their forty years of wonderings in the wilderness, Paul succintly. ea cater

~Moreover, brethren, I
~| mot that ye should be ignorant,

fallen into sin.

ewould

all our fathers- were
~loud, and.all passed

through the sea; and were all
| baptized unto Moses in the cloud
and in the sea; and did all eat
the same spiritual meat; and did

~the same spiritual

drink; for they drank of that

Rock that followed:

them and that~ Rock was Christ.~
1 Corinthians, 10 Chapter, 1-4

It was Christ, therefore, who
delivered Israel from the bond
t. It was He who apmid the thunders and
~at Mount Sinai and
Decalogue and. wrote

its ten precepts with His own

finger upo
It was

to Israel

two tables of stone.
e who had appeared
a pillar of cloud by

there is
Over

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our sorrows, thesp

words may, be written; ~THERE

~PASS AWAY.~ Life

in spite of its hindrances and
draw-backs -

is good. The Chris
-| saving men from ~sin and of

God, ~he does not fear death, for
jhe has ~God every step of the

tian who lives in dependence
~upon God from day to day-does
mot.fear the breaking down of
{the barrier between himself and

~way from day to day.

from heaven and water from the
rock. He had~ preserved them in
all their wanderings and had
finally planted in the Lord of
Promise those who had believed
on him and had continued faithful ~to Him. He had been known
among them as Jehovah, but!
now was to be known as His followers as the Lord Jesus Christ.
Said the Angel Gabriel as he},
predicted His birth: ~Thou shalt
call His name Jesus: for he shall
save his people from their sins.~
Matthew 1:21. -

Does the reader inquire why
we have take the pains thus to
establish the glorious fact that
the Christ of Bethlehem was the
very Son of God and,mighty
Créator?. We answer: It is this
fact that proves beyond all possible doubt that He is able to accomplish the infinite ~task of

opening to them again the gates
of Paradise!
Through the fall,
had been created in the image
of God; had lost that image. Sin
had all but obliterated it from
his life. He had become foul and
corrupt. His while life had been
ruined. He had become an alien
to God~s kingdom, ~strangers

from the covenants of promise,
having no hope, and without God
in the world,~ Ephesians 2:12.

Sin had become man~s first na
ture. He was unable to do good.
Just as the Ethiopian is power
4116 Hickory

man, ~who |

~ Finally, ~this thought of a rate

every day reveals to us the priv{ilege of liying one day at a time,!to his deproved soul. Death must

tbe the dire conse quence: for his
sin. So far as his own power was

~us in one concerned, he was beyond hope.

" | which ~God has ~given ms, df men

| needed -~ a long life, how many

for every day or a portion for

Life is a
us forget.

privilege too many of
Life does not come to
piece. ~We do not get it
even in years ~or months but in.
days, day by day, a day at a
time. Every privilege involves a
~day. Since God so graciously renews our life from day to day
we have the privilege to make
the best. use we can of the day

were supplied with all they

less to change his skin and the
leopard his spots, so the-sinner

could not restore righteousness

Next week my topic will be

Say to your friends and family

~For you I am praying.~

Mrs. McAfee

day ration!

would rt God's goodness
more than e do the day by

Expires Here

FLINT ~ Mrs. Willie Princetta McAfee departed this life
Wednesday, January, 21, 1959.

She was a charter member of
Zeta ~ Beta Omega Chapter of
Alpha Kappa Alpha - Sorrority,
having held various offices in
the organization.

She had a charming personality, very quiet and, unassuming. To ~know her was to love

yee is the first ~Ivy Beyond
The Wall~ of Zeta Beta rege:
Chapter.-A strong link in
sisterhood has been tetas.
She sone _in the. ~

FOSS AVE. BAPTIST CHURCH

1159 é
me. Egg

MT. CALVARY. BAPTIST

~Rey. Ira~ Wanink Petor. * #8

Metropolita mn Baptist Church

+ 9838--

Dr. S: D. Edwards, Pastor
eos 2~.

Mt, Olive Baptist Church ~

Liberty and Kennelworth

Rev. R. R, Turpin, Pastor

New Zion es Church
1331 Nevada
Rev. J. S. Smith, Pastor
* ss #
Shiloh Baptist Church
St. John at Massachuseiis Ave.
Rev. - Beverly Allen, pastor
* >
St, Paul Baptist Church.
{073 E. Pierson Road
Rev. R..R. Gordon, Pastor
Sunday school: 9:30 a.m. Wor~hip: 11 a.m.; * * @

GREATER HARVEST.
MISSIONARY ~BAPTIST
CHURCH
3908 Industrial.
~services: 11:00 A.M
Rev. C. H.. Payton, pasfor

~tinity Baptist Church
1601 Clifford St.
aev, A. F. Thomas. castor

CATHOLIC SERVICES
Church of Christ The
fhirteenth and Per bar ge A

Sunday. services 8:30 and 11
a.m. Rev. Father Norman Dvxette. Public is welcome,

CHURCH OF GOD
IN CHRIST.
Church of God in Christ
3020 St. John St..
Rev. John Smyers, Paster
* * 8 Babs,
Si. James Caurch of God
im Christ~3613 St. John St.
Services: 42:: Noon. Sunday

ws eae

zIURCH OF GOD
%h _. Harrison Sts,
gev. G. Williams, Pastor
* ~ *# /
-801 North St.
wlder J.-S. Lester, Pastor
Sunday School, 10 a.m.-Mornng Worship, 11 a.m. All are
velcome.

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-HURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
15182 Industrial

Sunday school, 10 a.m. Morning, 12 p.m. Elder H. Gulley, pastor. Public welcome.

ae Food zegnmn

Vermont ame Church ~
1261 Lippmcott Blvd, ~

Rev. Thomas Courts. Pastor
_ METHODIST SERVICES

~Salvation Would Require -a Re-| Bethel Methodist Church
Creation.~

Liberty at Twelfth Sts,
Rev. Paul V. Smith. Pastor: * ~ +
Ism7s Chapel C. M. E.
1142 Campau
_ Sunday services: 11 a.m.
Rev. Bishop, Paster
* * &

Quinn Chape} A, M, E.

2101 Lipnp~acett Blvd
Rev. James S. A. M.tcham, Pas,

St. Luke A. M. E, Zion
North at Addison ~,

~Service: 11:45 a.m, ~
Rev. D. Balawity Pastor

Vernon Chapel a. M. Tae
North at Addison Sts, -
Services, 10: 45. ~~ schocl,
~9:00.
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iin AME ZION |
-~234 Central Ave.
-Services, 11 a.m. Rev. Zellner

Clemmons, whiniiates.
* *

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~SQUTH SIDE CME CHURCH:

98 Pingree
Sunday services, 11:30 a. m.
lev. Pelvin T. Rilpy, pastor.

UNITARIAN SERVICES
| Wnitarian Church of Flint
903 Clifford St.

~unday school end services. 11:00

*m. Public ic welcome.~

av. Karel Bot-rmans, Minister

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