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Saturday, May 29, 1926. I Church News BY- DR. J. i SIDNEY PARK C. M. E. CHURCH -,;-. , Last Sunday was another happy ? day at Sidney Park. Our own Elder B. E. Golphin preached for us. His sermon was an inspiration to all who heard him. The auditorium of Jthe Church was comfortably lilled with membersmany viqiting friends. Each Sunday brings toj us new visitors. They enjpy our services and. the members are delighted to have them. ' . . J. ' Leagua service began at o p.m. Mr. Luther A. Glenn, a college student of Allen University delivered th ~ address , His subject was "Loveth Thou Your Race?1' Mr, Glenn stated his points so clearly that everybody in the audience could well understand. Mr. Glenn is a frequent visitor to our Church'and is alw?y? :. The Choral THut is still rendering special music, when called .upon. May they continue to keep the won. derful record they have; " i ST. JAMES A. M. E. CHURCH Sunday was indeed a great day at St. James. Sunday School was conducted by the Supt. ably assisted by the teachers who took charge of their V_: classes.?Rev A F.. T.nmax, pastor of Jones Chapel was present and gave us a very, beneficial talk, after which the report was read by the secretary. For the morning service Rev. Washington ad Rev. Lomax exchanged pul- \ prioo to?most?members?of?hnt.h . ?& tjnurches. Kev. L,omax selected as hU tpvt, T.nkp 18:1: "And Ho spake a men_ought- always to pray and not to faint.f ^Subject: "Proud." Everyone returned home rejoicing over the glad tidings which "Rev. Lomax brought from Jones Chapel. The .evening services began at 8 p. m. Rev. Washington preached a splendid sermon, text found Ecc 9:11. JONES CHAPEL A. M. E. CHURCH Rev. Z. W. White of Elizabeth City, N. C., will conduct Jones Chapel-'sSpring Revival, begining Sunday June * 6th at 11 a. m. , ... Our paptor Rev. A. E. fccrtnax exchanged pulpit with.-Rev: J_E_.Wftsh-. ir.gfr.r. nf gfr Inmao A M . P. rtnir/^Vi last Sunday. We all enjoyed Rev. ^Washington's sermon from the great prophet Ezekieh?? - ?with an increase each Sunday underthe direction of Mr. Geo."li. Williams. ~~ Dr. Lurnax was at his' own pusl uf auiy in tne evening. His discourse was based ,on Lazarus and the Rich man.' ? _ _J_ The V. C. E. met at the regular hour, 6:30 with' a wonderful address: -?Christ changing--China." by Gadsoh of' Allen U niv^sity^ . ^ Thft ITahwrB IlniAiy ^ thj^pU v tivr-W t out at our Church-with a splendid attendance and ait-excellent program. The collection was good at all services. ' - .. ?\t Th<upublic is dordially invited. " 1L m9m BETHEL A. M. E. CHURCH NOTES A very beautiful lesson w^ drawn I "from the discussion of the subject last Sunday morning, that of "Over^ coming evil with good," also how the . 1 . are measured out to them because of the faithfulness of the father or mother. The Sunday School was well attended also the collection was good. :" .;V j g,:\ I ^1 * -mM REV. J; W. HURSE, D. D. Vice-Pres.^ National Baptist Convention, of America, Kansas City, Missouri. "-T ' >. J - -? . ? . _ La^iniMHiMatftaaaiiai 4 . ' . Of Columbia C. WHITE At the morning service D. E. A. Adams selected the third verse of the! first Psalms as a text: "And he shall ( be like a tree planted by the rivers of I waters that bringeth his fruit in his i season." Discussing fully and truthfully the Christian as a tree and with every possibility ot like achievements, I if he is planted in Christ Jesus the eternal source of all goodness. Dr. Adams made the impression "that the man or the woman who has been planted as this tree, will always be a cheerful?and will^undmrbtedly bemr: 'Pbo A P TP T norvno'o o V/. iJVMfjUV o JJIU^IUIII >VU3 j very good, notwithstanding some of those scheduled did not appear were volunteers who made the progrom^interesting. The pastor having been called out of the city Sunday evening, Bro. H. J. Bryant was scheduled to nreach. he subject: "Lifting up Jesus Christ." The sermon' was enjoyed by those present. . * 'Vwe are thankful for the seven (7) " persons who came forward and jodr^ed the Church Sunday." ?The collection for the day was guod, also the whole day's service'for which we thank yob. -?:?1 Tomorrow, being the-fifth Sunday, of. the month, ^special services, as is the custom, will be had at Bethel all day." -v' ? . At 3:30 p. m. there will be a great missionary mass meeting along with other feautres of the- program. The fallowing ministers will be present and make short addresses along the line of missionary work: Pre. H. W. Long of .1st Calvary; Brown, 2nd Calvarv, Smith,Wrslpy AT Ey~A F! T-omax, Jones Ch a pel,' Bto w n, St. Luke Episcopal, J. Holman^ Emanuel J. P. j Washington of St. .Tamos. You are cordially invited to be present and hear these distinguished Speakers. It will mean a great deal to you. Come and find a welcome there. Tuesday afternoon at 3 p. m., the funeral of Dr. D. M. McGill, P. E. of! the C0I9. Dist. was conducted at Befh- I el in the midst of a host of friends ind acquaintances. The -sermon was| delivered by,Dr. J. K.Lyles, P. E. of .he Newberry District. A number of other ministers assisted in rendering befitting remarks; Bishop John Hurst of the 7th Epis-; mpal District was also present'^SndT -triade^-brief- remarks. ?Bethel etttcnds'fcci sympathy lu the family in this, their sad hour. ZION BABTISTTHURCH NEWS Our Sunday School was. unusually large last Sunday, hnth th/? SnpmriT. tendent and his assistant^ with a full I corp of teachers were at their us-1 uhl places. The music was beautiful, j interspersed with jubilees, and the lesson was interestingly discussed by j the many classes. The subject was | "Isaac and the wells.'1 une central J truth brought out among the, many... was, "Tlvestrange but wise proyi-j dence"0 designs each life whom God has chosen. Dr. T. W. J. Tobias,.' National Musical Director of the Na-' tional Sunday School Qongress, was1 our guest of honor'- He made a very' interesting talk relative to the-eomingof the Congress. At 11:30 the Church was crowded.] Dr. Tobias of New Orleans and Rev. Tillman of Richland county accom-T panied the pastor to the pulpit. The pastor continued his series of4 ser-j mons from the text "Unto me who am less than the -least of all saints, is this grace given tu preach among -tht>~ gentiles, the unsearchable riches of Christ." He^ used as his subj'ect, i "The Preacher and His Mission.-' The fire of the Holy Spirit prevailed the i whble adience as the speaker flayed the modernist, agnostic and unbelievers. He said among the many things that science had "many surprise in store for the sons .and daughters of me.n, but Jesus Christ will ever be the wonder of the ages. His name will grow young with the decaying and dying ages. He declared that there is no other name given under heaven among men whereby they are saved except Jesus and Him crucified. ': Dr. Tobias was introduced at the conclusion of the services. At 3^30 p. m. a mammoth mass meeting whs held again at the Church which was packed. At 6:30 a Biblical drama was had a? the B. V. P. U. services^ntitled: "Daniel in the Lions' Dep." This Play was given by Miss Ruth Bynum, teacher in the New Howard School. It was interesting and graphic. At 8 p. m. Dr.J, S. Earle, pasto^ of the Mt. Moriflh Baptist Church, Spartanburg and president of the Baptist Educational Missionary Convention of South Carolina graced our pulpit. Dr. Earle preached a most wonderful'sermon. He animated and fired the hearts of the hundreds who THE PJ 'A| jSm^m^^^^^K' - '-.v. :>^H !v:-^ k?'^R ' W'-" wp ' r$* ' ^| \ *. ' ' .' . "* REV. J. P. RO Pres. Arkansas Baptist Progre First Baptist Church, of Lit' ??^? ? . LittleRi turned out ' to hear vthis matchless leader.?Many crowded?around?th?pulpit and gave him a great ovation. Come again Dr. Earle you are always welcomed at our services. COLUMBIA DISTRICT CONFERENCE A GREAT SUCCESS - ' , s?? ? ^ ' 1' / <*r Thursday, May 13th marked the hcgining nf the greatest Conf&renoo ever held in the above named District. Because of the illness of Dr. D. lM. McGill, the Presiding Elder, Dr. E. H. McGill of the Orangeburg District, was solicited to take can^of the situation, whifh he "did with much credit to himself and all concerned. The1 Conference!: was graced on Thursday, the first day, by the presence of Drs. T. J. Miles, P. E. of the Sumter District; R. W. Mance, P. E. of the Charleston .District; - Rev. N. A. Rice of Newberry District, Dean I. H. Alston of Florence District: Prof. Rebecca Jordan, Allen University and Mrs. E. L.?-Alston, President of the Missionary Society, Salter's Memorial "Church, Columbia: Rev. Marcellus Robinson-of the Newberry District, Rev. Joseph Delaine, Sumter District, and Rpvs. Ira s Gamble-0rrd',E>^ W\ Kai.?>ei uf the Wateree District.' Each AH reports from the .different points were willingly turned in without a dissenting word. The people seemed to be more eager to support the cause of education than ever bebefore. All ministers were present except Rev. W. L. Johnson of the Saluda Circuit' whose partial report was made by a faithful steward, Mr. B. H. Bone. The Annual Sermon ..was ably-detor of Leesville, S. C. The Sacramental Sermon was preached by Dr. Julius Holman, assistant Dean of Theology, Allen University. The Educational Sermon was -preached by Rev. J. P. Washington. Pastor of St. James Church, Columbia. ^Papers were reacl from important subjeeto-by Revs. J. W. Shaw, E. A. Adams, L. G. Bowpian and J. P. Washington. Messrs. Julius Bowman and E. M. Presley were elected a srepresentatives to the Annual Conference. Rrnai U. H. -T A. McQueen were recommended to the class of admission next annual conference. The conference unanimously endorsed and stamped their approval upon Dr. R. W. Mance tp the Bishopric and Dr. E. H. McGill to the Secretary of the A. M. E. S. S. Union. On Friday the 14th, Mr. Gilliam Christie, of Fort TCfotte, Rev. B. H. Gray and Dr. D. H. Sims, president of Allen University, were introduced Each spoke td the delight of all. Dr Sims pointed out the great progress made at Allen and stressed the importance of cooperation. He also stated the improvement along moral lines and defied any contradiction; showing that the school is at the top and no one need have any uneasiness. The conference assured him that his work is approved and all things are toell. . ' Sunday morning at 11:30, Rev. E. H. McGill preached. At 3:30 Rdv. J. W. Shaw. At 5 p. m. Rev. H. W. Walker. At 8:00 Rev. H. D. Ramsey. Total collectetL^lor Education, eight hundred and fifteen dollars $816.00. Dr. G. C. Johnson, the pastor has things well in hand and knows how to^ entertain. The people are with him to the person. Dr. E. H. 'MeGill . deserves much credit for his masterly and brotherly way of presiding. J. W. Shaw, i ' ? ILMETTQ LKADflR - . ' 1 ";." V -' " y--J,; BINSON, D. D. ssive State Convention; Pastroi tie Rock; Congress' Chairman' Jck, Ark. ~T~~ . ' MT. PISGAIl A. M. E. CHURCH ? ; NOTES ^r~^~ Greenwood, May 27. ? The pastor of Mt. Pisgah A; M. E Church delivered the Thanksgiving Sermon fo rt^e Od&JFellQws at Ninety Six last~iSuiiday. A large crowd, oi people attendee thtg~gBrvice. The- pastor was accompanied to Ninety Six by three of the linef linrr h., p ? J uuciLiiug uu.-mess iiiuil O] Greenwoedr-namely-: J. T. Per civaHhe Undertaker* E. E. Hargrove the Insurance man and L C. Waller, our.fish merchat. Eacl of them is a prominent membei of Mt. Pisgah. Along with others of their group here, they car be relied upon to roll up reSGttl for Mfc. Pisgah when the demant is made. "1- - " K. / r . -The services of-Alt. Pisgah A M. E. Church were wed attendee last Sunday. Th^ pastor's morn = ing subjoot-fwAs;.'%ifcV Invest ment?Its Measure ond Result-' Rev. t). E. Witherspoon, P. E bf the Greenwood Ihstrict dellv ered the evening sermon. The public schools of the City -?!vnow- ttXHWgvd -by^-ottr-group are closing out their respective schools for the present term The firpt to close was ther Little River institute presided over bj TJref;-Peterson^ Their exercise; were snlmidi^^I:[jran-did well pmf v a utonrd Thn rrplnn did principal of thp East Enc ~ Gtaded School, gave one of th( series of exercises of his schoo in Alt. Pisgah A. M..E. Churcl the 21st of this month. They die honor to the occasion. The ex ercises of the East End Schoo will be held June 1st, with a con Cert by the Grammar Depart ment. Mrs. Daisy Bradley, th< efficient principal of the Wesl End Graded-Schoul begins'lrei cloning om'wes,- Sunday" night May 30 at Macedonia Baptisl Church. That night they wil present the sacred cantata "Cor nelia." The Fifty-third Annual Com mencement of the Brewre Nor mal School, begins May 28th anc ends Jiine 4th. Their prograrr is as follows: Sunday, May 2y8th?The Com meiiceiiiLMit Semwr; -MPffiTsy^School picnic. Tuesday?Pa rents and farmers day. Wednes day?Alumni Day. At 4 p. m the Alumni Reception will bi given; Thursday?Class Day Friday?Graduating Exercises Prof. W H. Hilyard is the effi cienh principal of this school. He and his forces are getting re suits in the field in which the] serve. BVewer is in evidence to day as never before. Watch he] grow. ~; Weekly Com men t _ - The . apparently incorrigibh Negro constitutes ope of - tfy greatest problems that cojn frorpts the Negro branoh of rhi Christian Church today. ? ? ? - . With all of our barrels of de- J greed men and women, we have 1 not yet learned to deal with him < ~ arid his problems. We cry over ' the misfortunes he brings to us, * ~ arid we often decide to get as far from him as we can, but the 1 crimes he commits brings ufi * back to him again. He has us t chased out of towns in which p we have been law-abiding citi- U ?ns. His nefarious acts oitenjj create mobs and man hunting 1 parties in which we who are in- j i nocent are ioreerl tn- onffa ' ? vv OUII^I IU1 v his devilment- Ho will come f into a peaceful neighborhood in _ which we have never had any-* I trouble and steal and blackjack ^ people who "have done nothing c to him. He will choke a defense- c less woman and take her purse t away from her and thus cause r the bloodhounds on the street on t -.which wo live to yelp tlieii an-|l - thorns of damnatibh Ue^ will. t visit our-hen house or for that < matter, the hen house that- he- i " longs1 to anyone el*e, and get tor i nothing, that that cost both us J jand them something. His hand ji " "is against our best interests, and ' 1 yet he is vitally identified with 1 . us.'. ; . 1 [ Well, since we Have-him and 1 ~ cannot get_rut of him, what shall ; > we do with him? _ . ( "Well," says 'one,rf "let's get ' . him to go.to church and convert '1 t him;** Yes, but he. is not going 1 to your-c^ifch. He will tell you 1 f without charging you ior it, 1 that too many church people^ i I eome to the place where he livesi 1 J He often sees so-called christian < f people sell "b iD.tleg'whitjkey." . Now iuid then he buvs it from . them. He reasons thai if being i saved cannot save them ?from ' ! that, it can no( save him from .jwhat he is doing. He knows 1 _ i that there are prea'chers and i preachers. He knows more about 5 "some present day" preachers j j than some of their congregations! /\know. When he sees the preach-! . er slip in the .vice district in j ,-which he lives afterJow_women.. | whom she ought to' protect and , and endeavor toTsave, he has e- ' noiigK sense to know that there j' r for Turn and he is not going there We have hundreds of 'ihtbltt^' } gent, ell informed ministers j proach,.who do not know how to . deal with the* class in question. ' i They preach good sermons, hut, j r the class in nnestinn rir> nnt Viaov jj-ihern* It looks real ?unny^to-see^< .'a bunch of people work them-" -|-cn1vng-r.p p^-ginr, 1: which they shout nearly ' all Tnigh-t, and tell earh other tinw 11 good they are, and: "I have got i; good religion. The blessed Holy 11 Ghost is in me and I dare not, 1 -! hold my peace- I have the power] 1;brother.? Now right around the; - corner where all of this is going! - on will'be found both men and j i women so vile, so undone and so t lost to all that is decent, that tbe]^ i j tahrintcrcst in them are broken t over their unsaved condition, 1 and yet, not one of tjiese "so-cal-;' - Ted" holy people ever Say a word I to them: No, there is noTorce -Jin that stuff to reach the (ilass -jin question. It's cannecTstuff, | 1 and iaoflen spoiled. JSomre time J i the closer you get to it, The far-! I ..1 -i -t i - I mer away yuu wouia ramer ?e. Well, now we have the "big, - "church" and the "big preachers" -1 What are these doing for them?' -: lias he and his forces a program . for them? Not. three such men i an.churches in' fifty, have been: .; trained to deal with the class in question. Of course, such men - and churches often stage reviv-! j als in which many nicely dressed, - sister gets happy, and a few old 7 doubting Peters walk around. - with leaky eyes for a few days,' f but none of this reaches th^class in question. ? -?^4 I have often heard such preach5 ers at the end of such efforts b compliment themselves thus:' - j^See what I did?' I had so and so j e many converts. I konw how to i jget them. * When I bellow, this! i : ^ .. . ; ? y* FIVE stuff I carry will always bring them in." \Vith all of this the :lass right around the corner " .hat start's Judge Lynch into acion remains untouched. , - . My friends, we must change .his- We; must have a school or schools in which our workers are aught how to dopersonal work, ['cars of experience in slum work n New York and elsewhere have aught the" w'rter of the'sie notes he lesson in question- It.is foolsh for us to sit back and expect he white people to do this work 'or us. The most .of our theologicalschools^ are?doing a?splendid vork.- But, if the men who conluct them do not know how to leaf with the class in question, hey, as a matter of fnr?+ - lot give such information to hose whom they instruct. The eadeis uf our group must maser the modern ? institution, church methods-of today. We ' ... "niist study the'social maladi'i^ Tients ot our ncOrrigible group, and 'prescribe for. them accord- ingly. There is a make-believe ' <> life that many of us live that is ting power. Its value is its .outside trappings, It does not in> spire faith in its expression beeatrse it-does not function with efficiency. The incorrigible group are not to be fooled by it. in each community in this sec- . tion, and vitally connected with . . each of Our churches, wejieed an " " increasingly large class of conse-' created men and women who can I :leal with the incorrigible group. Its no credit to us to have so many ?hundreds of stalwart young men on the qhau gangs in' each State in this sec-tion, nor is -- it any honor to us to have so ........ many nice looking young women who are a living menace to the moral progress .of'their group. In our nlock modesty, we religous hypocrites have not done and are not now doing much for them- Oh yes, we flirt by them with pur heads, high in the air, but there s ho lifting power in that folly. off~yps, ?nma nf 11a ^ who are a little better nformed, taught at their broken- English - "~ ahcTof their loud ways, but there is no salvation in this- Some of the'best and most cultured white Beenle-rof--thiS' cotmtrr-arw-ttrach:^? ing us the only way tcTdeal with the incorrigible group. These cultured christian men and wo men are becoming "Big Brothand "Big Sisters" to the weak woman nhrmf. thnm Thn Only ^ way we,can defeat Judge Lynch and put the blood hounds out' of business in this section sq far as s or group is concerned, we must layiaside our shamming of shout- <-" ? ng and yelling and do this work. * ' >' This i$ not our white brothers'1 problem, it is ours, and it is up ???-?, to us to find a way to sglve it. Can we do it? Martin. & Thurman Electrical Contractors / ' * LICENSED AND BONDED Phofres 8721--8854 ?Columbia. S. C. ^ PHONE 6487 L. A. Hawkins' - Real Estate Agency "Homes on Easy Terms" 1107'/2 Washington Street COLUMBIA, S. C. 366 ' " 'PHONE ~~6366 Chair Caneiiyjf and Upholstering ^ Furniture Repairing 'and Mattress Renovating. _ i W. S. TREZEVANT . ., u. 1019 Harden St., Columbia, 8. C,