The Omaha guide. (Omaha, Neb.) 1927-19??, August 02, 1947, Image 5
Imprifd Uniform btUfnstionml SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON By HAROLD L. LUXDQUHT, D. D. Of Th. Moody Biblo Znatltuto of Chloodo. Roloaaod Mr Wooton Kowopopor Union. i .. 1 — I «n nations rwsa LESSON TEXT—n Uap 11:W CL IS: laalah 31:14. MEMORY SELECTION—Far th* Ler« kaowatb th* war W th* rt«ht*oua: but th* war af th* «ns*my ahaU N»Wi Faalm 1:4. Nations as wall aa people coma to crosaroada in their history, and tak ing tha wrong road than mean* fu ture disaster. Solomon had built up great national prosperity, but at tha: axpensa of haavy texts. Ha had for gotten God, and was suceaedad by a son who followed In bis footsteps. Offered an opportunity to eaaa the burden of the people (1 Kings 12: 14), Rehoboam In his folly mad# It greater, and tha nation was divided. The ten northern tribes, which were henceforth to be known aa Israel, followed Jeroboam, and the two southern tribes under Rehoboam be came the kindom of Judah. Jeroboam started with God's fa vor, and might have led hia people , light, but instead ha became the king whose name stood for wicked ness (see H Kings 15:18). The story of that downfall is a sad picture of unbelief and failure. Through varied experience* and under different kings, Israel had gone down, down, dcrwn in Its his tory of sin and departure from God. I. Doomed by Sin (II Kings 17: 6-12, 22. 23). The hour had struck when God’s heavy hand of judgment had to fall on them. Verse 6 relates their car rying away into captivity to As syria. and verses 7-9 tell us the reason for that judgment. Ingratitude for God's blessing <v. 7) led to the worship of other gods (v. 8). They knew God’s hatred for the sin of idolatry, and his judg ment upon those who walked in that way. but they went right on. • Note in verse 9 that these things ■were done "secretly.” “The same tning is true today of many who profess to be the people of God. The line of demarcation between the church and the world is not clearly drawn. We do well to note carefully the outcome of this course ox pro cedure on Israel’s part (w. 6. 18). , The fact that Israel did these things secretly did not hide them from th« 'eyes of Jehovah (Ps.. 138:1, z; Men. 4:13)*' (John W. Bradbury). The statement in verse 23 Is • ■striking one. The prophetj had re peatedly spoken of the Impending destruction of the nation. Now the .time had come that the Lord could ’no longer stand to look upon thelx «ln, and in a sense put them "out of his sight" That does not mean that they had been forgotten or that God was not watching over them in mercy and love, but that he had to Judge them for their sins, and for a time bring them Into Judgment leading to repentance. There Is always a reassn for s nation’s deterioration, and ^ith Is rael there were many reasons. Out standing among them Is the one foi * which they were rebuked by Isaiah In the verses of our lesson, namely, drunkenness. n. Deceived by Drink (Is*. 28: 1-4). * • The picture here it a graphic one. The leaders of Israel (here called Ephraim) lingered long over their fcowls of wine, and in their drunken stupor gloried in the fact that Sa jnaria, their capital city, was so situated at the head of a valley that lit was not only beautiful but prac tically safe from attack by the enemy. me arunitaras spoite wun priae of their nation and of Samaria its "crown." The description was apt, for it was beautifully situated on a hill surrounded by a fertile terraced i hillside. But their boasting was vain, for after a bitter three years’ siege, -the city eventually fell to Sar gon II of Assyria. All this has a familiar sound. We think of the nations that have gone down to oblivion even while the peo ple engaged in foolish levity, and in ithe awful stupefying'and degrading use of alcohol. t Remember the fall of France In -the recent World War when its own leaders said that the defeat could be largely attributed to the tremendous increase in the use of alcoholic liquor. What about our own United States? With an annual Liquor bill of about eight billion dollars, sa loons on almost every corner, liquor flowing freely in hotels and restau rants. bottles and cases of it being brought tr^to. the home, booze the common medium of not only social but business relations, our insane asylums so crowded with alcoholics that the poor inmates have no real care—but why go on? It is a picture so appalling and so utterly distress ing that every sensible person is shocked by it. Do we think that God can long withhold his judgment upon a peo ple blessed by all his many boun ties. and yet using them for destruc tion of body and soul? Can a people continue to be strong which is de termmed to undermine itself by the use ol alcohol? Meat Packing Industry Hie start of commercial meat packing in North America can be traced to 1641 when a square-rigged ship sailed from Boston harbor with a cargo which a handful of New England colonists hoped could be sold to West Indies plantation own ers. Capt John Pynchon, Spring field, Mass., and a few farmer neigh bors had consigned hogsheads of beef and pork, packed In salt, to England’s colonies. __„ ST. JOHN’8 A. M. E. CHURCH 22nd and Willis Av*. Rev. E. B. Childress Masos Devereaux Jr. Reporter “For in this we groan, earnest ly desiring to be <3othed upon with our house which is from Heaven.” 2nd verse of Corinthian 5 chapter was the text of our minister's inspiring message. “We are ambassadores of Christ.” His congregation was held cnthalled by his remarkable thoughts of the day. “Any right thinking person should admire a man that is not ashame to be what he is. A fol lower of Jesus Christ, a man can’t Jesus; and when a man comes in. to the house of God, he should come with the purpose of receiv ing the ointment and the power of God. Convert: Martha Childs Visitors: Mr. and Mrs. I, B. Col ley, Lincoln, Nebr.; Miss Mabelle Warren, Phila., Pa.; Mrs.*R. C. Cottrell. Okla.City; Mrs. Emma Campbell, New York- city; Mrs. Sarah Miller, New York; Ruth Edna Seales. Dayton. Ohio; Rob ert Rodgers, 2621 Burdette st.; Mrs. Wm. Latimore, Cleveland. Ohio Miss June Baker, Grand Is land, ,Nebr.; Mrs. JL Williams, 332 Bronson st., Medina, Ohio; Mrs Lena Bates, Okla.City, Okla.;x Mrs. J. B. Judkins, Shilah Bapt. Church, Plainfield, N. 3 ; Mrs. Rose Gordon, Wallace Chapel, Summit, N. J. Let us not torget the Annual Womens Day at St. John’s on Sunday. August 3, 1947. Mrs. R. C. Price. General Chair man and Airs. Pearl Gioson, Musi cal Director, are looking forward to a caracit, •urnout i. * support from the membership of St. Johns T-t Minute M-». and AU'C'iiary's -eg Icr monthly meeting August 3. 947 has bvi :•« * ncd •ir,'l P- . ay, August 17. 1 i.r P reside.’.t, Mr. A R. Good ie't desires at a.- i-e"ibtrs take note and govern themselves a.'-o.aingiy. The Watchmen will rehearce on Friday, August 1st at S p. m. All men are urged to attend. Let us pray for the sick who ever they may be and wherever they maybe. The Scnoir ( hoir ana its air ictress, Mrs. Pearl Gibson, is to be congratulated for the splendid Program gi ven on Sunday even ing. July 27. 1917. Though it .vas quite warm, the rendition of the number s were in ' i„> way damper. ?d by the heat. We cf St. Johns ?an truly he proud of the outs tar. iuig work of this choir and its directress. Let us pla.i early to attend the Nebraska Anniu. Missionary Cor. ferance August 11*1-29 at Bethel A. M. E. Church. Mothers, sen t your children to Sunday school every Sunday morning at 9:30 a. m. attend our a. m. services and our 7 30 p. m. services. Visitors and friends a.e always welcome at St. John’s the friendly church at 22nd and Willis ave. Come and Wor ship with us, w m’t you ? St. Johns Church Continued .. Women’s Day, Sun. Aug. 3rd at St. John’s Sunday. August 3, 1947, is Women's Day at St. John’s. The women of the church under dir ection of their G«»rera! Chairman, Mrs R. C. Price, w>il have charge of the day’s activities. They have planned a very liv ely and interesting Christian pro gram for the day, consisting of an all wo .1- i s chorus and two interesting speakers of the day. Rev. Mrs. C. M. Farmer will de liver the 11 a. m. message to the expected capacity congregation. Rev. Mar* -1 Jones will bring the message at the 7:30 . P- m. services, casing for these ladies of our church. At 3.::t0 p. m. the women will serve tea d .wnstairs in the church The worn -1 of St. John's, Mrs R. C. Pi to* , general chairman, and Mrs Pearl Gibson, chorus director, cordially invite members and friends of St. John's to come out on this f.u.tay. , ~l HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH 30th & Corby H. H. Schauland. Pastor Sunday School 10 A. M. Worship 11 A. M. Uni of Quarters Africa is the land of quarters. One quarter of its area is forest and bushland, one'quarter is grass land, one quarter is desert and the re maining quarter is cultivated. World ttnnlr ©nn\’clnn©dia HieflrtQ©* Roofing — Siding — Inflation • Guttering OLD ESTABLISHED LINES • Free Estimates F. H. A. TERMS T. C. Snow KE 6930 ■--( CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOO 2412 Parker Stre*t C. W. F. F. Rev. S. K. Nichols, Pastor Rose M. Oliver, Reporter We were glad to receive our pastor safe, after attending the Sunday School and Young People Progressive Union Convention at Louisville. Ky. After leaving there,he came to Indianapolis, Indiana, where he conducted a week's Tent Meeting for Rev. T. R Murff, where there wasa great attendance each night ►from 1200 to 1500 people, several came to the Lord and each day from 2 to 5 came to be healed and to receive consolation. Hunddreds were helped. Our pastor is expecting his three children, Luk C. Nichols, Joseph J. Nichols, and Dorothy Nichols of Chicago. 111., to visit him is August. Rev. Nichols, and Dorothy Nichols of Chicago, 111., to visit him in August. Rev. stopped in Chicago and visit ed his children and his nephew and wife. Capt. and Mrs. Richard D. Watson of Co. C. 366th Engr. Rev. Thomas is expecting our pastor in Toledo. Ohio to run a ten night meeting, and he is plan ning to visit bis niece, Mrs. Car loyne Hams In New York the last part of August. IMMANUEL COMMUNITY CHURCH 2320 N. 28th ave.. Rev. E. F. Ridley. Pa*tor The Pastor, Officers and mem bers of Immanuel Community Church wishes to herby thank al1 who so kindly assisted in helping us make the Celebration of our First Anniversary the huge suc cess that it was along all lines. Upon each of you we pray the blessings of him who shall give unto every man according as his works shall be. For Sun. Aug. 3rd. the activities at the church will be as follows; 9:30 A. M. Sunday School. 11 A. M. Morning Worship. Holy Communion. 7:30 P. M. Evening Worship at which time the Church is happy to present as Guest Speaker of the hour, the very civic minded, race loving community worker, alert Christian, and popular Mat ron, Mrs. Robbie Turner, who is Counselor at Tech High School, Regional Director of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Soroity and a member of the Board of Directors of Camp Fire Girls. The public is invited. We start on time and are out on time. EDUCATION HIGHER WASHINGTON,^D. C—Accord ing to President Truman's Com mission on Higher Education, tuition fees in the U. S. colleges and universities have risen 28 per l cent since 1939. ALPHA ONI EGA CLUB The Omega club will have a gay outing on Saturday evening Au ust2, 1947, at Rivwiew Park. A weiner roast has been planned and members are urged to bring anything else good that they may desire. Come out Kids and have a good time with all your fellow members and friends. , The group is to meet at Mason Devereaux Jr. 2427 Ohio st. on Saturday August 2nd. at 7:15. Put on your outing duds and come along for glorous evening of fun and frolic with the Omegas. Say you Saw it advertised in The Omaha Guide CLAIR METHODIST CHURCH 22nd and Miami st. Rev. C. C. Reynolds Services at Clair for the past two Sundays have been in charge of Rev. G. H. Bundy who has ably filled the pulpit. His sermons have been inspiring, spiritual, informa tive and well delivered. They have given us much food for thought. Mrs. Bundy has also graced our services with her presence. Rev. C. C. Reynolds will be back In his pulpit Sunday, August 3, and will be expecting to meet the officers ahd members around the Holy Communion table. All are welcome to the Lord's Feast Table. Organizations and com mittees, please be ready to report on your claims for the District Conference which convenes in Coffeyville, Kansas, August 5-10. Dr. G. A. Green from our Gen eral Board of Education at Nash ville, Tenn. was guest at the Par sonage all day Sunday. He made remarks to the Church School and in the regular services. He was fortunate to have such a dis tinguished person in our midst. He was enroute to Lincoln, Nebr. to the Rural Conference of the Methodist Church. Rev. Reynolds wishes to say to the churches ministers, members and triads who were so very sol. icitious during the illness and passing of his mother, Mrs. M. B. Reynolds, that your many kind nessess, contributions, telegrams, cards and words of consolation are gratefully received and will never be forgotten. Your prayers have been strengthening. May God’s choicest blessings be upon you. CLEAVES TEMPLE C. M. E. CHURCH 25th & Decatur st. C. P. Rain-s, Minister Mrs. Jeanie English, Reporter Rev. Raines spoke to in f'-om the Book of Daniel 1:S. “But Dan. iel purposer in his —-t that he would not defile himself with the portion of the King’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank; thereafter he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.” Theme: He would no bow. In us ing the word Bow, our minister means stoop or sell out. Ther are people in the world who will sell themselves, their pride and you for the price of a dollar. We are thankful that there are some people in the world who are for sale. People seeked to find the faults of Daniel, but they were unable to find any that were unbecom ing to a Christian. It is a good thing to be in the habit of pray ing. If wa pray and pray sincere ly, God will hear and answer our prayer. Don’t allow yourself to stoop; hold on to God’s unchang ing hand, Mr. Burrell Dillard and Mrs. Precious Smith were fellowshiped into our Churdh this morning. Mr. Dillard is from a Baptist Church in Tulsa, Okla. Mrs. Smith is from a Church in Okla. City, Okla. We were happy to have so many visitors in our service. You are visitors only once; we want you to feel at home. Mrs. Harris, one of the most outstanding women of our church was among our visitors this morn ing. She is the editor of the Missionary Messenger. Rev . R. E. Reid of Bower3 Memorial in Kansas City was al so among our visitors. Let us pray for and visit the shut-ins. Nothing Cook* I kike ' ! flame *JW« Why 50,000 ST** Women Prefer GAS Omaha Progressive Youth Meet at YW On the night of July 25, the Omaha Progressive Youth held its second meetings at the Northside YWCA with an attendance of ap proximately 150. The OPY is an organization com posed of veterans, students, young workers who regardless of race, color, creed, national orgin or pol. itical affilation have joined in an organization which is independ ent of political parties and dedi cated to the following objectives: world peace, nation free from dis crimination, increased educational opporturdties for all. lower costs of living costs, and adequate housing for all, especially vet erans OPY educates and organizes so that young people can take leadership in solving their own problems and by doing so prepare themselves for the fullest respon sibilities of democratic citizen ship. Also the OPY works for progressive legislation and for the election of progressive candidates for national, state and city govern ment. We lobby legislators, op erate schools of political action techniques, organize rallies and canvas door to door. We seek out injustices to those in our own community and work to bring public attention and protest t|| such. OPY is now organized in more than 18 states (Nebraska makes 19) thru out the country from California to Mass., in cities and on campuses. All chapters work out their own special youth pro gram. At the meeting a broad of tem porary officers were appointed. Marcell Johnson was elected chairman. Pearl Summers and Evelyn Watson co-chairmans, Gene Jacobs receraty, Betty Wil- ( bum treasure; also the following committees are in temptory use; J Research, Publicity, Action and , Membership. Personally speaking, I’m quite i sure that many things in Omaha will be changed because the OPY is one local organization that has a firm foundation which to stand on. The time will come when we shall have colored street-car operators, bank tellers, city gov ernment officials, etc. High School and college stu dents, graduates, and young people are urged to attend the next meeting which will be held at the Northside YWCA, Friday August 1st. time, 8:00 p. m. If you have interest in the minority races please make your attendance at the next meeting of the OPY. Say you »aw it advertised in The Omaha Guide NEAR NORTH SIDE BRANCH Y. M. C. A. Tennis Tournament Gets Off To A Good Start Five Matches played Sunday morning at Dewey Park. The first tennis tournament in tht past 8 years got off to a good start Sunday morning at Dewey Park with five matches, four in the singles bracket ahd one In the doubles were played. Results. Singles Roscoe Mitcheel defeated Travis Dixon 6 and 3 6 and3. Du ward Crooms defeated Ralph Adams 6 and 0 6 and4. Harry Rutledge defeated Earl Graves 6 to 1 9 to 1 Frank Wilkerson de feated Earl Allen. 6 to 1 7 to 5 In the doubles match Frank Wilk. erson probably wished that he had teamed with Brother Lawerence for Frank and Weldon Ross lost to Lawerence and Nathaniel Fitz 6 to 2 and 6 to 1. The tumament will continue until Aug. 10th. A well-paid Job for you in the Army 1 If you recent high school grad uates can measure up to the high standards for enlistment, there’s a mighty good job waiting for you in the Regular Army. In addition to a Private’s starting pay of $75 a month, you get food, clothing, housing, med ical care, low-cost insurance and income tax exemption, all of which would cost a civilian more than $1500 annually. You also get an exceptionally liberal retirement plain — half pay for life after 30 years’ ser vice, and on up to three-quarters pay after 30 years’ service. Adding it all up, you’ll be better off financially than a civilian making $3000 a year! And you’ll have sound technical training, travel, the satisfaction of doing a worth-while Job and the companionship of a fine group of men besides! Oet the full facts today at your nearest U. S. 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