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I MUIj * Tib® ^©D®® Published Weekly «Dedicated to the promotion of the cultural, social and spiritual life of a great people"_ Bev. Melvin L. Shakespeare Publisher and Owner Business Address 2225 S Street P^one S-6491 A No Answef Gail 5-7508 Bubie W. Shakespeare Advertising & Business Manager Roberta Maiden Associate Editor 196& U Street 2-1407 Mrs. joe (Sreea Circulation Mgr- _^ Member at the Associated Negro Free* Subscription rate $2.59 per year r _ 10c par oopr__ Entered as Second Class Matter. June 9. 1947 at tbe Post Oltice at Lincoln. Nebraska under the Act* at Uaiob 1 1879 _ ^__ Editorial Abraham Lincoln Again we pause in the busyness of our daily' round of duties to think of a great American—Abra ham Lincoln—who lives in mem ory because he was of the peo{Ae, by the people and for the people. During his lifetime, Abraham Lincoln, in spite of his rugged ex terior, came to be regarded by those who came in contact with him as their neighbor, their close friend, a man of understanding, who was worth following. He possessed a nature in which love and sympathy had a very genuine part. JSTaybe they did not always dwell an the surface, but in timers of emergency and crisis those latent springs of sym pathy never failed to well up. Lincoln’s gentleness was pro verbial. His giant strength was tempered with gentleness. And this quality turned many enemies into friends. t Hi$ life was full of love for God and for humanity, and especially for the weak, the downtrodden and the unprotected. The world of today needs just this kind of “good neighboring.” “With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right,” Abraham Lincoln de clared in his second inaugural ad dress, “let us strive to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and orphan—to do all which may , achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all na tions.” These inspired sentences are still pertinent, for it is only as we, too, show sympathy and un derstanding, recreate courage and rebuild hope and faith, that we of this day and generation may “achieve a just and lasting peace.” Abraham Lincoln’s memory is Held in greater veneration from year to year. He was a rare soul, exalted and made great by suf fering. Ilfs wit, kindliness and understanding knowledge at tracted those around him. . His was a shining spirit . . . Tbe Busy Man If you want to get a favor done by some obliging friend, and want a promise safe and sure, on which you can depend, don’t go to him who always has much leisure time to plan; but if you want your favor done—ask the busy man. The man with leisure never has a moment he can spare. He’s always “putting off’ until his friends are in despair. But he whose every waking hour is crowded full of work, forgets the art of wasting time—he cannot stop to shirk. So when you want a favor done, and want it right away, go to the man who constantly wo^ks sixteen hours a day. He’ll find a moment sure, somewhere, that has no ether use, and help you, while the idle man is framing an ex cuse. —Selection. Sunday, SdvoeL dnAAon, By Rev. R. E. Handy Subject: “The Power of the Holy Spirit.” Scripture: John 14:25-6. Actf 2:1-4, 4-31. Gal. 5:22-26. Memory Verse: “But ye shall receive power, after that tht Holy Ghost is come upon you.” Acts 1:8. Application. While Christ was here and walked the dirt roads of earth. He was a teacher, a ttarper and comforter of mankind. I Now He was planning to go away to prepare a heavenly home for those He loved and loved Him His great concern, was to hav4 them know that He would con tinue to care for them and would send them a comforter in His ab sence. FOr us it is hard to understand how that Spirit can minister it millions of hearts all over the world at the same time, but we can experience what we can not explain. To each of us He has said wait for it. We know it came and abides in our hearts. When you receive the Holy Spirit you know three things. 1. That Christ is in the Father 2. That you are in Christ. 3. That since you are in Christ, and Christ is in the Father you are in tune with Heavenly things Christ taught them little by little, but now that He is leaving He tells them that the Spirit wifi teach them all things. But He told them to tarry. To wait for it. They waited fifty days and held a fifty day prayer meeting, I imagine during that time they laid aside all their petty differences, and human quarrels, because the scripture says that they were “with one ac cord.” The reason so many peoplq who have come to Christ have ne power, is because they have not continued in prayer until they have purged their souls of all worldly desires and the Holy Spirit has filled their hearts. It is impossible to lead souls to Christ when you are doing the same things the world does. The last part of our lesson tells of the fruit of the Spirit. It is no effort for a fruit tree to bear fruit.. It comes naturally. A spirit filled soul bears fruit naturally and that fruit is in three parts: “Love, Joy and Peace. These link us to God. “Long suh fering, gentleness and goodness. These link- us to our fellow mart “Faith, meekness and temper ance.” These make it possible to live with ourselves. Tarry for the Hbly Spirit. Industrial Conference survey finds little shift in papulation. 5H0WALTER ROOFING CO. Dealers in Itwetetone and FnseTbrick Insulation See us lor price am BUILT UP HOOFS 23* North 22 2-2408 Lincoln. Nebraska i \ _ Lest We Forget Mlrs. Hazel Lear, 826 C. Sadie Mbe Fuller, 1942f~ Vine, (four years). Joe Nathan McWilliams, St. Elizabeth Hospital. The Urban league met Thursday evening. Plans were made to create more interest in the organi zation, Sadie Mae Fuller suffered sec ond degree bums on her face, shoulder and arm Tuesday. She i is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ; Wm. Fuller, newcomers from Hbs ,tings. Mr. Bradford Conway, formerly of Lincoln, has returned for an in definite stay. He now makes his home in Cheyenne, Wyo. Mrs. Pansy Beard is convales cing nicely at her home, after hav ing had her tonsils removed, j Troop 60 of the Boy Scouts of | America rendered service at Christ ! Temple Sunday morning begin ning Scout Week observance. Jo seph W. Adams is Scout Master and Clayton P. Lewis committee chairman. -i Want to Do Something for Zace Relations Observance? Send a subscription to The Voice for a friend. It will be a lasting memorial. They will never forget nor be able to thank you enough. Protesting Civil Rights Southern lawmakers are making out a bad case for the whole South in their violent denunciation of President Truman’s civil rights program, now up for consideration of the 80th Congress. In brief, the President wants the Congress to pass legislation which will make it a federal offense against lynchr ing, because of an apparent; if not real, moral breakdown in the law enforcement machinery in the South in the matter of lynch ing and mob violence. He wants a Fair Employment Practices be cause the Negro is still exploit ed and discriminated against in the matter of fair and equal em ployment. He wants an end to jim crow rule because it was de signed fbr the purpose of per fecting the system of unequal' op portunities in schools, in travel* and in every other pattern of the South. And he wants to see an end put to the ihiquitous anti poll levy in the South. What President Truman is asking of the Congress is already strongly implied in the spirit of our Federal constitution. In any forward looking community these simple rights are taken for grant ed. In the eyes of the world American southerners included, make a bad impression when they | show that they are defending the | Hie Voice to Phiriish Cook Book A one hundred page cook book will be the first major project of “The Voice.” Recipes and house hold hints will be selected from the Household Hint columns of “The Voice” which will include choice recipes of outstanding housewives. Proceeds will be used for a scholarship fund. Mrs. John Miller is chairman of the cook book committee._ right to practice mob violence and lynching. The poll tax is undemo cratic and designed to disfranchise both Negroes and poor whites. In fact, we can see nothing in the recommendations by President Truman which should occasion so much violent opposition as is now being expressed by the southern ers. In the President's Civil Rights Committee report, is recommended the elimination of segregation, based on race, color, creed or na tional origin from American life; they favor fair employment, free from race or religious considera tion, equal educational opportuni ties for all, equal housing accom modations, free from restrictive covenants, equal health facilities, publib^aQrviees fbr alf on an equal footing. There is nothing extra ordinary about these rights. They should be conceded by all Amer icans fbr all Americans. —Metnphi* World. It’s Here! It’s New! It’s Thrifty! 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