ST. JOHN A. M. E. CHURCH “The Friendly Church” Rev. L. P. Bryant, Pastor Sunda *, February 10, was a very beautiful day, and the services at St. John were well attended all day. The guest soloists for the last two Sundays were Mrs. Irene Morton, on February 3, and Mrs. Ruth Wheeler on Febru ary 10th. Rev. Bryant took his text from Paul’s second letter to the Corrinth ians, third chapter and the 13th verse. He took for his subject, “The Liberty W*hich Christ Gave”. Some of the good thoughts to remember from the sermon are as follows: All men want to be free. Even children look for-' ward to the day they can have their freedom. Christian life is a fife of Iberty. A Christian can alwrays gat joy in his heart because he has Christ in it. In fact, the only real freedom a mar has is when he has the Lord with him. There is liberty in the ser vice of God. Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom from sin. There is freedom from man, freedom from slavery. Christ moves all these evils so one can be free to worship him. When one feels the spirit, Christ wants him to give Him praise and speak out for him. And when you get God in your heart, you will have j freedom. The collections were very good, and j there were many visitors present. The j cards passed in were Mrs. Lillian j Thomas and Mayme Hardy, of Omaha. The rally is slowly moving on. See j your captain and pay in on your rally fund and let cars move out toward New York. Miss Offutt is still out in ! the lead. Come to St. John each Sun lay and see what your group is doing.; Sunday, February 17th. The ser vices at St. John are very interesting [ each Sunday. The spiritual aspect is running very h.gh, and the collections are good. It is pleasing to see such fine cooperation as there is now throughout the church. There was an old time prayer meet ing last Wednesday night. The spirit was very fine. Rev. Bryant preached a v^-y fine sermon from this subject, “God’s promise fulfilled in our lives”. He gave us many good thoughts on this subject. There were too many to name but some of those to be remem bered are as follow's: God will fulfill | our best hopes if we will but let him. ^e can best do this by leaving the th.ngs of the world alone. The suc cessful life must have Christ in it to reach any degree of success. He will lead you into a new light. When God first comes into jour heart you feel like a new person, and can have joy and comfort. God wants us to rely on Him and know he is God and beside Him there is none other. The Sunday night service time was taken up by an illustrated lecture of Jerusalem by Dr. Wesley Hones. There were many \isiting faces to be seen at the services last Sunday. The names turned in w'ere Mr. W. P. Ray, of Topeka. Kansas, Mesdames Alma V ebster-Clark, I. Williamson, Bertha Bell, and Catherine Williams. The rally is moving out fine. See your captain and pay your pledge or assessment. The Lincoln car group will have a, historical tea at the North Side Y. W. C. A. on Friday night, March 1, at 8 p. m. Come and meet Mr. and Mrs. George Washington and other great men and women since their time. A pleasant evening awaits you. CLEAVES TEMPLE C. M«. E. CHURCH 25th and Decatur Sts. Rev. O. A. Calhoun. Pastor Alice E. Hunter. Reporter Sunday, February 17, found another beautiful sunshiny day, and a goodly crowd present, for which two things we are grateful. The services were very good with Rev. Calhoun at his best, in the pulpit His text was tak en from the 21st chapter of Revela tions, the first verse, “And I saw a new heaven and earth, for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea”. He brought to us a great many strik ing thoughts, among those being, “If the economic problems of the world are to be solved, it shall have to be through the church of the living God. Sunday, February 24, will be the Quarterly Conference, with the Pres ence of the presiding Elder, L. E. B. Rosser. Rev. Conwell, of Clair Chapel will deliver the sermon at the 3 o’clock service. The choir will furnish the music. Everyone is invited to come. All of the boards are working in dustriously and keeping the church in terest up. The Chicken Pie Supper, given by the Forward Step Club, was a success. They are having a waffle breakfast at the parsonage, Sunday. Look forward to the big wedding of Andy H. Brown and Madam Queen, scheduled for March 28th. You will hear more about it soon. The little “Church on the Corner” opens its doors to “Whomsoever will, let him come”. SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH 22nd and Seward Sts. Rev. E. H. Hilson, Pastor Sunday School opened at 9:30 a. m. with an exceptional increase in num ber. The characteristic lesson was re viewed by Miss Minnie Harris. Happy with many thoughts of bo ng home again. Rev. Hilson preached a doctrinal sermon at 11 o’clock. His subject, “The Lord’s Day”, was dis cussed in a very forceful manner. The first day of the week should be called, instead of Sunday, the Lord’s Day, as it is a memorial day, on which men should rest and think of God and their relation to Him. At o:30 the B. Y. P. U. was opened wit* Mrs. Halloway, the musical di rectress in charge. She spared no pains in rendering an enjoyable de vot.onal period. The work of group organization was finished Sunday. The program chairman succeeded in having a surprise program of ques tions on Training for Service. Those to be counted among the sick are Mrs. Onie Redden and Mr. Shine. Throughout the day, there was a large and respective audience at all services. Among the many visiting friends was a visitor from Oklahoma. Miss Teresa Murrell. Evening service was an open house with an informal speech on “The Bible by Rev. Hilson. The selection, “M ade in the Water”, by trhe choir, just before the beginning of baptizing ceremony, moved many, as to their minds the scripture, “Thou hast neither part n»r lot in this matter, for thy heart is not right in the sight of God”. Acts, 8:21. Bertha Patterson. Reporter METROPOLITAN SPIRITUAL CHURCH 1818 X. 24th St. Rev. R. W. Johnson, Pastor Mrs. Georgia Peoples, Reporter Rev. Johnson preached a very inter esting sermon Sunday night. His text was taken from St. Matthew, 6:7, “Teach me How To Pray”. Everyone enjoyed the sermon. There were two candidates for baptism, and three Christians united with our church. Mrs. Peoples is on the sick list. She is having a great deal of trouble with her tonsils. Visitors a*e welcome. CLAIR CHAPEL M. E. CHURCH 22nd and Miami Sts. Rev. W. C. Conwell, Pastor Sunday School was opened at 9:30 by the superintendent, Mr. Boone. Mrs. Norman gave the special feature for the lesson of the day. At 11:00 services Rev. G. F. Tipton, the District Superintendent, delivered the message from the subject, “Five Great Powers of Light”. The young people’s choir rendered the music for the morning sevices. At 3:00 Rev. O. A. Calhoun, of Cleaves Temple, preached the Com munion aervice. At the evening services Rev. J. E. W ade preached on the subject, “A Fruitful Death”. The Tea, which the Sextette gave Sunday afternoon, was a decided suc cess, and they wish to thank all who helped to make it so. Don't miss the play, “His Model W ife”, at the church Thursday even ing, sponsored by the young people’s choir. The Ladies’ Aid are giving a George Washington Tea on February 28th at the home of Mrs. Corrine Hunter. Please come out and help the ladies. Tickets are now on sale. ST. BENEDICT’S PARISH NOTES The Adult instruction class has been resumed since the recovery of Father Wilwerding from his recent opera tion, and meeting will be, as usual, every Thursday night promptly at 8:00 o’clock in the church club room. The second class in cooking and sewing, for night students, opened with splendid enrollments in both de partments. Much credit is due the two ladies in charge of these classes, who give so unstintingly of their time and knowledge to the 60 or more pu pils. Miss Florence Carlson, of Villisca, Iowa, was the week-end guest of the Misses Fern and Francis Gaston, who are students of the St. Benedict’s Cooking class. Miss Carlson visited the class with her friends last Thurs day, and was delighted with the dem onstration and the class work. One of the largest groups of the Holy Name Society that has been to gether at one time since it’s organiza tion, received Holy Communion in a body last Sunday Morning, and held a splendid meeting in the Church club room after Mass. Plans for future activities were discussed at length and some very constructive work is ex pected from that organization in the near future. The President, Mr. Gor don, is resigning because of his occu pation, and election of a new Presi dent will be the business of impor tance at the next meeting. We sin cerely pray for the growth and success of this splendid organization. PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH Sunday was another great day at Pilgrim with the Reverend J. A. Har ris filling the pulpit. He delivered a masterful sermon Sunday morning from the subject, “Born Again”, St. John, third chapter. In the evening he preached from the subject “Need of Christian Religion”, Gal. 1. There were three additions to the church Sunday. The attendance at the morning worship continues to in crease, and the Sunday School and B. Y. P. U. are benefiting by the new awakening. It is with great sadness that we re port the death and burial of our most beloved brother and Deacon, W. R. Golden. He was a charter member and for sixteen years a deacon. The Rev. R. C. Barker, ed.tor of the National Baptist Voice, will be guest speaker at Pilgrim Sunday. The pub lic is invited. Rev. John F. Thomas, Acting Pastor. PACIFIC MOVEMENT OF THE EASTERN WORLD INC. 2425 Lake Street Mr. J. A. Harris, President Minnie Harris, Reporter The Pacific Movement met Sunday evening at 3:30 p. m. with Vice-pres ident Herald presiding. The program for the after noon consisted of a dis cussion of the Unthoughtful Negro. Rev. S. R. Tangamore, Mrs. Anna Mace, Mr. William Washington and Minaie Harris were the principal speakers on the subject. Many truth ful things were said concerning the shiftlessness of the Negro. These speakers also pointed out a cure for the unthoughtful colored man. You missed a treat when ; ou failed to hear this discussion. The educational department, under the supervision of Rev. S. R. Tanga more, begins at 2 o’clock every Sun day afternoon. Many questions are asked and answered concerning the Negro—Questions of this nature. What is the origin of the Negro ? Who is the father of civilization ? Will the Negro ever rehabitate Africa? Mr. C. Adams, a grocery man in the city, gave ns much enl.ghtment on Negro business. The young people’s department met Friday evening at 4:30. The super visor, Mrs. Tangamore, stated to the youngsters the purpose of this depart ment. She said it was for the pur pose of establishing love and friend ship among them, teach them to take pride in the achievement of their race, and to teach them Negro history and mans other helpful things. The Pacific Movement of the East ern World is an important organiza tion. Its purpose is to establish friendship with all darker peoples of the world. The people in America can take it or leave it, the time hae come for Negroes to come together. They can only do this through or ganization. Pacific Movement of the Eastern World. PROGRAM IN COMMEMORATION OF FIRST A. M. E. BISHOP A program wag given at St. John’s A. M. E. Church by the Allen's Chris tian Endeavor League in commemo ration of Richard Allen, the first ac tive bishop of the A. M. E. Church, who was born on February 14, 1744*. There was a discussion in the form of a debate. Resolved: that freedom of religion was more important than the invention of the steam boat. The af firmative was taken by Miss Ola Mc Craney, and the negative by Paul Gipson. There was a piano solo by Alice Green, “What a Junior Learned About Richard Allen” by Miss Rucker and Floyd Petty, and a mandoline solo by Russell Smith. There were three poems by Mr. Henry Thomas. Miss Tamer O’Neil was mistress of cere monies. Mr. Thomas Rucker is pres ident of the Allen’s Christian Endeav or League. SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON For Feb. 24th, 1935 By H. D Piggue SUBJECT Peter Heals a Lame Man: Acts 3:1-10, 4:8-12. Golden Text:—Peter said, “Silver and gold have I none but such as I have give I thee.—Acts 3:6. The present lesson includes the fourth recorded address of Peter af ter the ascension of our Lord. Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour (Acts 3:1). It is said that the apostles were continually in the tenple, praising and blessing God. It was the custom of the disciples to resort da.'H to the temple for de votion. This was the place and the manner in which they and their Fathers had worshipped. They came slowly to the conclusion that they were to leave the temple and they would naturally resort there with their countrymen to worship the God of their Fathers. In the previous chapter (2:43) we are told in general that many wonders and signs were done by the hands of the Apostles. From the many miracles which were performed Luke selects one of which be-gives a full account and, especially, as it gives him occasion to record an other of the addresses of Peter to the Jews- An impostor would have been satisfied with the general statement Kj><- r-onv miracles were performed. The sacred writer descends to particu lars, tells us wdiere and in relation to whom they were performed. This is a proof that they were honest men and did not intend to deceive. Peter and John went into the tem ple, not because it was a beautiful building, nor not in the edifice pro perly called the temple, but into the court of the temple w'here prayer was accustomed to be made. THE HOUR CF PRAYER: The Jewish day was divided into twelve equal parts, the ninth hour being about 3 o’clock P- M. This was the hour of evening prayer. Morning prayer was offeed at nine o’clock. The Lame Man: This man had been lame all of his life. He was obliged to be carried and was well known to the Jews because they laid him at the gate of the temple daily. He wTould therefore be well know'n to those who were in the habit of enter ing the temple Among the ancients there ware no hospitals for the afflict ed and no alms house for the poor: consequently the poor were depen dent on the char.ty of those who were in better circumstances. It became an important matter for them to be placed where they would see many people. It was customary to place them at the gates of rich men and they also sat by the side of the high way to beg where many people would pass. The entrance to the temple was a favorable place for begging for these reasons, (1) great multitudes were accustomed to enter there. (2) when going up for religious service they would be more inclined to give alms than at any other time. Espec ially was this true of the Pharisees, who were particularly desirous of pub licity in bestowing charity. The gate of the temple was called beautiful. In regard to this gate, there were two opinions, one of which supposes that this was the gate commonly called Nicanor, which led from the court of the gentiles to the court of the wo men. The other, that it was the gate at the eastern entrance of the temple commonly called Susan. It is not easy to determine which is intended The fact that it occurred near Solo mon’s porch seems probable that the latter was intended. This gate was large and splendid, made of Corinth ian brass, a most valuable metal, and made a magnificent appearance. When Peter and John w^ere entering the gate, the Lame asked of them as he was accustomed to do of the multitude that entered the Temple. He fastened h.’s eyes on them, (the Young America is on the Wire It’s one of the most natural things in the world for the youth of America to telephone. They are full of life, inquisitive, sociable, eager for good times ... and the telephone fits happily into their scheme of living Americans young and old use the telephone more than people of any other country. It takes a tele phone system of great size to provide quick, reliable service to a greafnation. NORTHWESTERN RELL TELEPHONE COMPANY More khan 650,000 men and women have ie veeked kheir savings in khe Bell Telephone System. ' word used here denotes to look intent ly with fixed attention). He wished to call the attention of these men dis tinctly to himself. He asked them for money, but not knowing at the time that he was gong to get some, th.ng more valuable than that. “Sil ver and gold have I none,” Peter as sures him that he had not that to give. It was done, however, in such a way as to show his willingness to a.d him if he possibly possessed it, "‘such as I have give I thee.” Such as is in my power—It is not to be sup posed that Peter meant to say that he originated this pow'er himself but that it was entrusted to him. He immed iately adds that it was derived solely from the Lord. Rise and walk—To do this would be evidence of signal pow er. Peter used the method that Jesus used which was a command, rise and walk. Peter commanded him to rise and took hold of his hand to show him that he was willing to aid him, and Peter knew it would be an in ducement to him to make an effort. This may be employed as a beautiful illustration of the manner of God when he commands men to repent and to believe. He does not leave them alone but extends help and aid to their efforts. If they tremble and feel that they are weak and needy and helpless, his hand is stretched out, his power exerted to impart strength and grace. Leaping Up! This was a nat ural expression of joyi and also the fulfilment of the prophecy of Isaiah, 35:1. “Then shall the lame man leap as an hart This man leapt up and entered the temple with Peter and John leaping and praising God. So a sinner when his s.nful soul that has been lame with sin for years has been made whole. He is a new man, he has beer t leansed, his mind is pure, his heart is pure and he sees the reality in God and in his power. He then praises God to the highest. Attorney Ray L. Williams Room 200 Tuchman Bldg. 24th St. at Lake PROBATE NOTICE In the matter of the Estate of Board Battles, Deceased. 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He spoke on the “Contemporary Negro.” Miss Ella Mae Franklin, instructor of Dramatics at Woodson Center, favored us wi.h a reading. Short talks were given by members of the Woodson Center committee. The president, Miss Helen Hod ges, acted an mistress of ceremon ies. There i re three candidates for admittance to the club. They are Alfred Higgins, BoetF Kirksey and Herbert Toole. These young men will be voted into the club and initiatd on February 25, 1935. Helen Ilodges president. Louise Bryant, reporter vacancy left by E. mer Cruntjbley, who joined Jimmie Lunceford last month. We wonder what the ?ynco-Hi Hatters have got that makes the pa trons at the J. B. Tavern thiak they’re so hot? F'FFESHSNG RELIEF CF CCNSTiFATICN' V l Avoid constipation! If you disre pr.rd its warning and neglect to treat it promptly, lock out for sickness! You cannot hope to have good health If you do nothing to prevent or to relieve constipation. 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I I Ross Drug Store Now Located H At | 2122 N. 24th St. C «c. im [ CARD OF THANKS We take this means of thanking our many friends for their loyal friendship, as expressed in the many kindness shown us during the illness and death of our beloved one. Mrs. Mabel Leeog, and also the many floral offerings. MR. R. M. LECOG, Husband MR. and MRS. CHARLES HARRIS, Parents B MRS. MARIE LECOG, Mother-in-law. CARD OFTHANKS We wish to acknowledge with sincere thanks the kind expression of your sympathy render ed us in the recent loss of our dear husband and father. MRS. GOLDEN AND FAMILY. '