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HH1569IVv' Snfc ' * ' _ - . ??LIGHTHOUSE and INFOI Th? Will Off^H Fv| -Sermon By Rev. Mc( (Printed here is the complete c text of a special radio sermon a delivered recently over a radio - - station at Orangeburg by Rev. It. I>. MJcCullum, of the Department of Religious, Dduca- s tlon at Claflin University. v ?The Editor): Mlcah 6:8?He hath showed jir O man, what is good; and ( p what doth the Lord require of , si thee but to do justly* and to , ? Toy? mercy, and* to walk hum- d( u-4 '?* "with thy God? w . l c; What is the will of God? How w can we know the will of God?, v3 . ? w \ ' ' ' ! CU What is the prime interest of p, a& in his dealings with men? f,' These are profound questions, *' the answers to which have been iij sought by the greatest minds of iu he ages. No rash attempt will be q made in this short message to 0t give final answers to all of them, gj ; but some suggestions will be giv-1 gt en which, it is hoped, will be dc fruitful to. the sympathetic liatr' Tjj^N WE KNOW the ~wiU~ ef"e> God? If the answer to that ques-1 ar tlon is NO then all the dealings to ot God with men are futile and pe foolish. ! tic A - Kirby Page, in his little book he titled "The Will Of God For 'so These Days", suggests some of io the ways ih which the will of, w fiArl r?ftv Vio Irtirtiun THo ftrct ft# r*1 . these, he says, is human desire.' er This measuress God's obility to it; snake known His will because1 gi He' always respects human free-1 p< ; -doai. Vivid awareness of thr- rrr- [ af portancc of the moral choices ^ ti' we make day hy day determines ar -our growth in understanding the in will of God. Not what we merely! w intend to do, but what we really j d< want to do with sufficient vigor ( C] to crowd out conflicting desires: A< 0U3 determines the extent to la f&fch God can reveal His will "I to us. 1 w Ihe problem with which .we! to Wo continually confronted is es tkhr. How can we change low de- at into high desire, and how an tom we transform good desires' er tfcsn i?? wMh-into a mighty pos- io dfon to do the will of OOd? at - V V t~* o hiaay are the [pathways that ui ? -dead to exalted desire, but the'ki eftralghtest one of all is the ptge-j ** ^ feeWthe''tfNI**ce df <$MHL 'A*1* alertly a"w*r* J? mil .'!>?. . -' - jtyrAMfflV YOBK four number o IVJL dor city of tha world. Aad1 for accommodation* tiara At Am to a distinguUhad all total*. Saaai and dining room all ridao aquippar Enjoy auperb aervico ? auperlatin modern and fireproof. At-^our aei welcome. Write today for pr. ;ticulo \.r-r . William H. Brown, I Seventh Avenue, 124-125th Strt "uptown, nsar iviry .?i.?. ? ?< ? ? i">-a??o^-0" r ? ? - | Capital City Sa HOME OF FI Open 24 Hou ^ . ? We gpeeiaHge Special breal Seafoods ? Chicken OZZIE JACKi 1607 Harden Street | , ~~T PEARL'S SW For the best in ... Ice Cream, and Goodies ? Drii Adding A Complete 229 Marion St., Columbia (Ik I ANNOUNi We are accepting enrol I' 1, 1952, fdr Day or Night C " . V Write or ( 1 ATOMIC BARB ? 919 Washington St. Oolumbta, So fcaf MB ' m v*s * 1 , tMER, COLUMBIA. S. f. alained In Radio? Nullum Of Claflin >f His presence, as we mort learly recognize Him at work ill about us, and as we realize nore fully His eagerness to do lis mighty works in us, our deires are changed, and what we ,-ant, becomes different. If the acuity of self-control, which is Ck'd-glven vTrlue^Ts exercised 1 such a way that the" desire to lease God is your strongest deire, you will develop an eager bedience to His will. The test of esiro is action. What we really ar.t is indicated by the strength [ determination to do. To say ith our lips that we should like i dwell imcOmmunion -with God aes not mean much unless we at forth resolute efforts to fulM the condiions of that fellowlip. Willingness to walk in the *ht is a condition to further ilmination. We hear the voice of od to the degree that we pay tention to what He says. God ves us strength as we ^how ea;rness to use that strength in >ing His will. ? ?m? ? cnectant faith awakens in m id God works in us according our faith. Even as in the Gos>ls we find that Jesus could do mighty works in His own >me because of their'little faith, do we see in our own generatn many professing Christians ho do not really believe that irisfs way is practical in modn times. This doubt itself lim-| ? the possibility of God's doing eat things in their lives. Ex?ct great things of God. Great ftrmations make possible^ ~crea-' ve achievements; low expecticy is frustrating and paralyz-1 g. If you don't believe you can! in, you will likely lose. If you >n't believe you can live the tiristian life, you will not try. ccording to Weymouth's trans-, tkm of John 7:17, Jesus says,' f anyone is willing to do His1 ill, iifc know about the1 aching." Ah, yes, beloved, the J aential 'conditions of insight) id power are faith and action' id understanding, then strong-' faith and greater zeal in ac-t n and more compleete under-' u?ding. { Fellowship In another path Jo^ lentand the will 01 God. When ndred spirits talk and work >d pray together, clearer unpretending comes. Such fellow Up often' leads to attion, and > r ww'q* idMiA VI llivr.il ?& >uo iUyland ? truly tha WM* whe- la New York om# m li kotol Oinfoo t bow bar, mM In^i 1. CoBTOBlOBt ooftoo AffO i food. 800 outoldo rooiM ? i nrico bocauM you'ra ahraya ra. Resident Mgr. et * New York 27, N. Y. THINO DOWNTOWN mdwich Shop NE FOODS f irs Per-dav ; in fine foods ??^ [fast menu ? Chops ? Steaks SON, Prop. Phone 9162 i EET SHOP Candy, Cigarettes, Cigar* nkfl of All Kinds Line Of Groceries >tw*n Catawahp & Whely) CEMENT Imenta, beginning August Classes Contact: ER COLLEGE Phone 5044 uth Carolina ( 9 Saturday, July 26, 1952 the happy cycle <>f f;iith u.tmi ( understandin, stronger fait! greater zeal and more complet understanding, begins. All of these: dominant desirt ,' eager obedience, expectant faitli , and fellowship and communioi are matters of experience. The have been proven by many wh< today enjoy the richest blessing; of a kind .and benevolent God "But they are not the only mean! by which the will of God maj be-known and practiced. In Hi! holy Scriptures God tells u! what He desires of man, and offers' every encouragement to accept his will. What does God desire and love? The Psalmis says, "Jehovah desires truth in the inward parts." "Jehovah is righteous; .He loveth .righteousness.""* The. waiter of Proverbs says, . . a just weight ... . they that deal truly . the nraver of the upright . . . such as are upright . . . these are his delight." In His great commandments G >d calls us to the woreViifv. Af tV\n Ann Anrl 4tThAi i Ul bllV VIIV. A A-VH J VIVU. X 1IMU shalt have no other gods before me." Why? Because he is jealOUs? No, but because He is jealjous for our souls' welfare. He would have us dwell with Him. Lesser gods would set lower standards, make lesser demands, and men could not, by the worship of lesser gods, fit their souls for' a holy and eternal Kingdom. God, who created us in His own image knows how naturally and inescapable men grow to like their god. The essential character of a people is always like the essential character of its God.'If the ruling conception of God is military, if the god -is Mar-, war will be?the greatest of all human pursuits. If God is an arbitrary, impersonal Sovereign, like Allah, fatalism will rule his subjects. If God is a national Diety, like the Jehovah of ancient Israel, His people will be the elect,, his chosen. Baal sanctions lust; Moloch sanctions cruelty; Mammon sanctions greed. But if God is the Heavenly Father whom Jesus taught, the family idea will be the dominant conception among those who share that belief. It is no wonder, then, that God says, 'Thou shalt have no other gods before me." ?Through Amos, the Prophet of Tekoa, God says, "Let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream." It becomes clearer and cle&rei now the kind of values in whici our God is interested. Micah'i summary is not equalled any where in literature: j"He hatl shown thee, O man, what 1 good; and what doth the Lor< require Of thee but to db justly and to love mercy, and to wall humbly brith thy Godf" Then as if anyone could still mi scon strue His will and His purpose God gave us His Son who throitgh His words and deeds became the living expression o the will of God. He gave His en tire ministry to going about do ing good and practicing thos< precepts and promoting thos< values which had been reveale< in the law and the Prophets . . So, in all of these, and in all o I ViUU S UUdUIl^^ Willi 1111:11, Alt: Ilex. shown himself to ho intereste< | in a certain type f values: spir ltual, moral and ethical values - vnhir*?which?rrre?t+rr? .ion of his own Character. Thus truth, beauty, love brotherhood honesty .mercy, humility, virut forgiveness, and integrity, ail 1 commanded by God as the eorn | of human conduct. . But, whei | one 1 oks at our society he en: I.note how woefully these value 1 are neglected. One day this week I as this me-sage was being pro i n gronp- ?men.?bnt4 'white and colored, loaded a trucl j in front of the speakers' C'hurel j There was cooperation, and con ! corn on the part of each one tha he do his part and not imposi upon his fellow-workers: look ing in admiration at the "with which \Yivy worked TogeTh I er, the thought came: what un I wholosomp thine would hannei to cither of those men if the; should pause in their labor an< enter the sanctuary across th< street for moments worship am fellowship together? or if the; Or their children sat in a class j room together to learn of fh ! wonders of God's world? If, in so-called Christian nation, sue! fj fellowship is thought To b undersirable, or impractical, c dcjjjradirui to any child of Go involved, then let us at leas have the decency to lay asire th sham and hypoeravy of callin it a .Christian nation and reecg nize it for the heathendom tha it is .Chrisianity without th spirit of universal brotherhood .1 NCC Students Fin . k 1 > | J } &?J BUB9HI ) fe. i^^^Bjj^^HBi !l '-' <^H so basic in the teaching and living of Jesus Christ, is no Christianity at all. And when our lives, both personal and social, become a contradiction of all that God loves and promotes, we then, by our very acts, sow the' -seeds of our own destruction. | # * * I There are other reasons why( God is interested in these values that are both human and divine,' both temporal and eternal. He knows that mortals thrive as these values thrive, and that they die as these values are denied. The promotion of ethical aivl spiritual value salone makes it possible for us to enjoy the measure of decency and culture that we do enjoy. They are the best that we do enjoy. They are the best that God has to offer. 1 Let it be noted, finally, that only intelligent beings are call 1 ed upon to live according to these precepts. And?those u hoy possess a measure of intelligence - Sensa t , s t n n YOU GET . e Full Size Sofa Platform Roc I Coffee Table 1 #"~Eiwf Table . i Table I,amp v i e i y a The Sofa Bed h e Comfortable Be< >r d ;t e __________________________ 1221 Main Stre it . c !, d Studying Easier In 1^^^^ ' :> Mtf R ' pHwi,^* -- ffefl ^ < jj jK4>&al DURHAM. N. C. ? NC Stu-j dents at North Carolina College,; Durham, report studying is a lot easier now in the plu-h million easier tlOiv in the nlireh mil linn d liar James E. Shepard Memo-j rial-Library than it used to be.!< ?In the ffidntage above can bep seen a cross section of the Libra- ! < rv's interior with some of thei 1 but live on a lessor plane are , moral cowards unfit to walk then i J ways of man. Only eternal values can prepare the soul for; ^ eternity To practice these, truth,! virtue, love, righteousness, bro-1 j therhood, humility, peace, and < mercy, to practice these is not v alone the will of God, but to do! them is to walk with God ,FOR a THESE ARE WHAT GOD IS. ' j J At SaurnarTtPLVE . f KM .1 'A 4 lo^t VW Ln-W t W? ttm | Safmom Cm * * U^ | ?U . ' C KIMBBRELL' itinn a I If 5 I Makes A I For Two \ i t SMillion Library . UNQHSl . 9 ^w?*25222!i^^^tiS65S^jPI _, -*% w j" ^ ni KL students and foculy members who arc now in their first summer's use of the Library. At lowep right can be seen Director James E. Parker of the Audio Visual Aids Division on ierrvmstrating some of the latest A-V equipment to eager students. Center occupies south wing of the uuilding. The library's supervisory per-, ;onnel can be seen in lowerleft.j Dr. Benjamin Franklin Smith, :hief librarian, is flanked by left; o right: Mrs. Mablc Scott Pow-, ?H, Mrs. Nathalene McGheerMrsrj Vlaudelle J. Scarlett, and Mable 5. Beale. Student publication officers md advisors are shown back of he library staff. The campus lewspaper, The Campus Echo, naintains editorial offices on the ibrary's ground floor. ! Opposite the publications' staff tre shown Baai-i T*> F Mhnrn nf he NCC School of Library Sci-! inrp with tixrr\ nrftf<wtArc in tVin I S EMPLOYEE iving R I /# ^^pj^^ssSS^SgBim wvBBSB /^^hV ^lf ' * . \c &-<&?* VAft.v* % ..V-v oowrs DELIVEF E23K9H 22j^lgljgg r school: Miss Evelyn B. Pope, seated, and Mrs. Anne M. Johnson, standing. Librarian say the Reference Room accomodates some 100 readers, the periodical room 60, the Browsing Room (upper right) 50, the Resere Reading Room, 250, and an additional 100 patrons finding space in cubicles and private stirdies. Eventual bcok capacity of the library is expected to approach 500,000 volumes. In addition, For the best value* in the city: ?Trade At? SILVER'S <546 MAIN 8trert I'S MONTH oom Sp ? 1 & m ;-' P I . ITS A I JUST 1 THE MODi W ? ? ? I . '* __???-?n^H IS^: W $S$ Mffi 9 F*^| . J* JH?9 jB llw liSui^K . :B Iji ff MteiEP^'' ^ J i J Rpl?|\ B: 1>:'A <.' j'-Tt jJ ., ^W1 ' -V v- *1 M&'j>:'<*y ' ' s-2?ys&f x v ' ' '^H -*# J I "* . .4H I P9k | ;.0 jSI Kmjj^Hgp ..-. v J . * 1 Fj^Btm t' *i* 2 HH|#ra I t^F^Kl!Kp,Gl 'v -.jh Jt ,.' I ^ :i ^^ Vvr__ I lj some 300 bound newspaper*, 50 38 I current periodicals, and some 400 ~~ I current issues of journals- Are I rapidly being made available to I the college's trustees have ra- '. 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