Dark Merit
by
Kathryne
Favors
For your Negro
History Scrapbook
Slavery
In the seventeenth century in
the United States there was an
effort to place the status of the
Negro lower than that of the In
dian. In 1670 a law in Virginia
made distinction between the
slavery of Negroes and that of
Indians. When Indians were sold,
the terms were the same as the
Englishmen. However, soon the
Indian had so many uprisings
against the white man that soon
they were not considered as de
sirable as the Negro. Soon the
Indians joined with the Negroes
in conspiracy agains the white
man.
Soon all over the country, the
slaves began to rebell against the
cruel treatment of their masters.
In New York City in 1741 there
was such a rebellion. Of the one
hundred and twenty-five Negroes
arrested, thirteen were burned,
eighteen hanged, and seventy-one
deported. Then in 1743, desperate
Negroes planned to burn the city
of Boston. The city was then pre
cautioned against, “Indians, Neg
ro, or Mulatto Servants, or
Slaves.” Strong leaders in the
Negro race led their people to
rebel. This brings to my mind the
thought that some of the best
stories of the Negro people were
lost during slavery.
Because of the uprisings, people
became less interested in helping
the Negroes. Negroes who were
free were having to shift for
themselves in an unfriendly world
The people soon began to believe
that the Negro was encapable of
spiritual and mental development.
Many, ignorantly, thought him
without a soul. In 1756 in Virgin
ia it was almost impossible for a
white man to be convicted for
murder of a Negro who was re
garded as an animal.
Soon some sympathetic persons
who believed themselves to
be Christians began to believe
that the Negro had a mind and a
soul and needed help. This was
the beginning of the development
of the anti slavery movement.
Stories of Cruel Slave Masters,
Next week.
Singfest
President Robert W. Woods of
Union college will present the
brief meditation at third Christ
mas carol singfest at St. Paul
Methodist church Sunday even
| ing at 8 o’clock. Hugh Rangeler
! of Lincoln public schools, will
lead the sing, and Paul LeBar
will be organist. Rev. Virgil An
derson will preside over the pro- (
i gram and Boy Scouts are to usher.
The St. Paul Methodist choir of
45 voices will sing “A Christmas
Carol from Lapland,” with Don
nie Wageman and Carl Carson
singing solo roles, and Shirley
Pscherer will sing “Ave Maria.”
These singfests are sponsored by
a committee from Lincoln Minis
terial association and Women’s
Division of the Chamber of Com
merce which is sponsoring the
Pinewood Memorial bowl in Pio
neers park.
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Sunday School Lesson
By Rev. R. E. Handy
A letter on Christian Brotherhood
Scripture Text— Phil. 4:1-20
Golden Text: “Now the Lord is
that Spirit and where the Spirit'
of the Lord is, there is liberty.”
II Cor. 3:17.
Topic— “Christians love builds
Brotherhood.
—Present Day Application—
Beside the letters that Paul
wrote to the churches, he surely
wrote many private ones,
i His letter to Phileman is the
only one, that we have any know
ledge of.
Phileman owned a slave named
Onesimus, who ran away from his
master.
In his flight, he came in con
tact with Paul and through his
teachings was converted. Paul,
then persuaded him to return to
his master and wrote Phileman
the letter to be kind to his slave.
We should practice brotherhood
and have to all fellowmen wheth
er bound or free, saint or sinner.
Only in that way can we be
rich in the love of God.
A kind word, a smile or a kind
deed, brings back a kind word,
a smile or a kind deed. The pecu
liar thing about this is the more
we give, the more we have.
Selfishness never pays off in
smiles.
Be like Paul. Speak kindly to,
and about those around you. You
will be able to lift up Christ and
drawn men unto Him.
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Birthday Calendar
There is still time to get your
name on the birthday calendar if
you act at once. Members of the
Usher Board and the Auxiliary
are sponsoring the project under
the auspices of Quinn Chapel A.
M. E. Church, with William B.
Mosby, president and Head Ush
er. Mrs. William Woods is Chair
man, and Mrs. John Robinson is
among those assisting. You may
contact anyone of them to have,
your name placed on the 1947
calendar.
Rev. Wellon Shearron
Guest Speaker at
Christ Temple Church
Rev. Welton Shearron, associ
ate minister of the Christ Temple
Church of Christ (Holiness) 26th
and Burdette Streets will be the
guest speaker at the 3:00 p. m
service at Christ Temple Church
here this Sunday.
Rev. Shearron, is the Treasur
er of the Sunday School and Holi
ness Young Peoples Union of the
Midwest District of the Church of
Christ (Holiness) which includes
the churches in Lincoln, Omaha,
Kansas City and Denver. Rev.
Shearron was appointed as the
District Treasurer by the Bishop
Wm. A. Washington, Presiding
Bishop of the Western Diocese at
the Diocese- Convention in Los
Angeles last July.
He will be accompanied by his
wife, Mrs. Velma Shearron,
daughter, Betty and son, Glover,
mother, Mrs. Bertha Shearron,
and Mrs. Catherine Gibson of the
Omaha Church. We are looking
for you.
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If I were to choose among all
gifts and qualities on the whole
that which makes life pleasantest
I should select the love of chil
dren. No circumstances can ren
der this world wholly a solitude
to one who has this possession.
—T. W.
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