PAGE FOUR
THE CAROLINIAN
IVEEK ENDING SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 8, 194»
EDITORIALS
^ UNITED WAR FUND, 1945
The man who can hear or read of the
misery now being experienced by and in
immediate prospect for the people of the
wa^devastated countries of Europe and
Asih is indeed a tough-minded character.
The war is over—the fighting part of it;
but the human wreckage of the war is
strewn all over the face of the earth. This
winter million.s are doomed to .suffering
greater than that which they felt while
the war w'as in progress; belligerent na
tion susually manage to feed their fighter.s
and the w’orkers who .support them, and
furnish them some kind of shelter and
warmth.
Now in most of the countries that
fought on either side, as well as in those
which were occupied by the enemy, the
pale horseman rides unchecked. The in
nocent and the helpless, those who suf
fered under the heel of the ruthless ag
gressor from outside, and those who from
choice, ignorance, helplessness or delu
sion followed the men who were going to
refashion the world to their own pattern
— all are in the same leaky, drafty boat,
castaways with little or no hope.
To paraphrase the well-known passage,
the sins of the rulers are truly visited upon
the children (and the old women and men,
and the mothcra, and all). But vengeance
belongs to God, and not to us. It is ours
to succor human misery wherever it ex
ists.
It is positively startling to realize how
like we in this favored land may be to
the rich man in the parable, as we fare
comparatively .sumptuously, while the hol
low Lazarus eyes of Europe and Asia look
in,; out of their drawn and sunken faces.
As we look forward impatiently to the
end of rationing, the reduction of taxes
and the raising of wages, they face actual
starvation and freezing from which our
crumbs might rescue them.
The United War Fund this year gives
us an opportunity to do something effec
tive about our Christian and human obli
gation to share with those abroad, as well
u those at home. It is still a “war fund/’
because the war is not over, (even though
tip shooting is), so far as its results in
hbman misery are concerned; and it will
nit be over for many, many months to
c^me.
‘‘Po.'wihlv a boader. more Ifin^-rane"
f^tion to share with those abroad, as well
M those at home, it is still a “war fund/’
because the war is not over, (even though
tip shooting is), so far as its results in
htman misery are concerned; and it will
Dft be over for many, many months to
C(jme.
‘■Possibly a boader, more long-range
cyisideration to be remembered in ourgiv-
it^ is the one so well stated by Governor
RT Gregg Cherry, honorary chairman of
the United War Fund of North Carolina:
‘"^here can be no peace in the world while
famine, disease and general misery pre
vail everywhere.”
This is no time for dimes and quarters,
or. even grudgingly-parted-from dollar
bills, given by those who could afford
more. And who cannot?
Our own home welfare work which de
pends on the United War Fund is no less
important than it ever was, and there is
much still to do for our service men and
those being released. These, combined
with the needs already described, call for
a generosity unprecedented. It may be
an offering of thanksgiving, that we, thru
no merit of our own, have been spared
what so many have suffered, are suffering,
and will suffer.
REVOLUTION IN COTTON CULTURE?
The new cotton picking machine has ar
rived in North Carolina, and is being giv
en a thorough trial. Last week the state
Commissioner of Agriculture, Kerr Scott,
presided over an “official” demonstration
at Red Springs of a machine owned by
a corporation of which state Senator Pate
is the president.
Those who have seen the new machine
in operation report that it is quite prac-
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ticable. In many respects it seems to be
equal or superior to hand labor, and “it
picks as much cotton in one hour as a good
field hand can harvest in a week.”
With this gi'eally superior capacity, if
the machine proves satisfactory in other
respects, it may well liring aliout a levolu-
tlon in cotton culture. Along with its Tar
heel twin, tobacco, cotton has remained
among the few of the greal staple ciops
to be crops primarily of the hand and the
mule. As it has influenced the organiza
tion of the agi’icultural economy of thi.s
and other southern states to a trernondous
degree. Sharp and far-reaching changes
in manpower needs will inevitably result
from the succ*?ss of a mechanical cotton
picker: and there will be other change.s
not so immediately obvious.
Without doul)l farm tenancy in cotton
areas will be reduced, at least as regards
sharecropping, and may be all but elimin
ated with the jnvention of a satisfactory
cotton chopper. A profit will he pn.ssil>le
at lower prices, as costs of cotton raising
will be reduced. Mas.s production on Inigo
corporation owned farms with few hu
man workers may result.
Whatever else may be true, there is no
que.stion that the machine will be adopted
if it serves its purpose. There is no stop
ping technological change. Tlie price at
present is high — $5,t)0t) — and few will
be brought at that price, nor ini-n if tli'
price is cut in half as production cost.« of
the machine are reduced, a.s is predicted.
But it will not be noce.ssary that eaeh eoi-
ton farmer own an individual inaclune »i.
cause it to be widely used, .\t pr>.sent the
company now demonstrating the machiiu
in Red Springs is offering to “custom pick’
cotton for other farmers.
If the machine can perforin, it is heiv
to stay, and glow, and become a revolu
tionary factor in the cotton economy.
RAPE IS THE CRIME
Rape is a terrible crime, and grantina
that capital punishment should ever bn
inflicted, there is no more appropriate
place to apply it than to the rapist. This
is so not becau.se society should be aveng
ed on the culprit so much as because the
rapist is likely to be either .so depraved nr
so ruthless and untamable a pei-son a.s to
be dangerous to society.
But if one had figures availalile, one
might discover that in North Carolina, and
even more so in some otlier localitie.s, tlu»
IS so noi oecause society .snoiiin oe aveng
ed on the culprit so much as because the
rapist is likely to he either so depraved or
so ruthless and untamable a person as tn
be dangerous to .society.
But if one had figures available, one
might discover that in North Carolina, and
even more so in some other localities, the
death penalty is reserved lai*gely for Ne
gro rapists of white women.
Now If a Negro man rapes a white
woman his punishment should be accord
ing to the law. But the same should apply
when a white man rapes a colored wom
an, or when the crime is inlra-racial. It i-;
the crime, not the color of the culprit
of the victim, which should be the decid
ing factor. If legal execution has .simply
been substituted for the old practice of
lynching Negroes accused of raping while
women, all other rape cases being regard
ed as in another category, then little pro
gress has really been made, except in ap
pearances.
Especially is the above true since all
the machineVy of justice through the
courts is kept entirely in the hand.s oi
those who are likely to judge tlie i.ssue
with a strong bias whore the accused is
a Negro and the alleged victim white, in
stead of the system working for the pio-
tection of .society against the real men
ace of the rapist, it often operates ratlior
to make an ordinary felony, except when
the racial taboo is involvod, and occasion
ally doubtless to make the death penally
mandatory on simple accusation when tin*
accuser is of the right color and the accus
ed the wrong one.
GOLDEN GLEAMS
No profit grows where is no pleasure
ta’en. —Shakespeare
R.ACE Sense Bf w™. d. Robin»on
"The ciushini; monster is active again!”
^ JeconcI Theuahts
Bj C. U. HALLIBURTON
Hr.-incii HuKi-y. priMctent of
the Bnjoklyii tliib ol the Nd-
iKUial Lc.iuuv. n.ia o.coiiu* t.nc
liiiil of tiic nu.jr.t li-.iguc duo
ownu.-i tti .Mg'* a .N'giO oaae-
ball .1 (iii nii>vr of his
oigani/'.itinn. 'Inc player, as
moot ridUc.ii f>! itiis co.umn
ouuhtlt.-.' f.now. e, .Jacki- Kmim-
Fon. .1 gfi hi K.olhali .-.tat a fev.-
vcar.-i iiUik .vitii the L’nivorsity
ol Caiifiuma a; Angdc.s, onH
nior- it-ctnlly a bo.cbali per-
fornii’i- witn the Kansas City
Monarchs.
R.jhinson will not go directly
to the Dodgers, but has a con-
tiaci lo play next season with
the Montreal team of the In-
ternalional League, top organiz
ation in the Brooklyn “‘farm’
system, 'fhe Intcinational is a.
Class AA leagtR. and is a fin^l ^
stage in developing and season
ing players for National and
American League competition.
In sending Robinson to a minor
league club for sea.soning the
Dodger managemrni is of course
only following the regu';:r pro
cedure.
Jackie Robinson .a fine nat
ural -ithlft,. .-jnH a rollf'Pf* urnHii-
tiU'd out >cveral Negro players,
and that Branrh l{icky. its
prostdeiil. h.''' for some time
been the outstanding man in giv
ing expn-sion. vi rbally and oth-
(iwiix*. to th- idea that Negio
players stiould not bo barred
irom big league participation in
tne national sport.
'fwo months ago, this column,
in rornmenling on the appoin.-
riient by Mayor La Guardia oi
New York a committee to study
the whole matter of the color
line m organized baseball, ob
served:
“If inertia and timidity cm
b( overcome, and if some big
league owners and managers de
velop the courage and sports
manship to insist on giving Ne
gro players a chance, their ap
pearance on the diamond could
in a few vears be commonplace."
Mr. Rickey, who was on May
or I.a Guardia’s committee, and
l.is Montreal associates, have
fulfilled the conditions following
the "ir' in the previous par-i-
craph. A.s a matter of fact. Rick-
ev is said to have .spent $25,000
within the oast few vears in
.•ition in the Brooklyn “‘farm’
system. The Inicinational is a
Class AA leagn, and is a fin^
stage in developing and season-'
ing players for National and
American League competition.
In sending Robinson to a minor
league club for seasoning the
Dodger management is of course
only following the regular pro
cedure.
Jackie Robinson .a fine nat
ural alhicfc and a college gradu
ate. thus becomes the first 'N"*-
gro at lea.sl in modem times In
be admitted to organized base-
hall outsifle of the all-Negro or
ganizations. and the Brooklyn
system bticomes the pionci'r big
league organization in admitting
Negro players. If interesting
to note in *hLs conneelinn that
the Brooklyn cbib last .spring
veiop the courage and sports
manship to insist on giving Ne-
‘3'ATO players- a chance, their ap-
■ poarance on the diamond could
in a few years be commonplace."
Mr. Rickey, who was on May
or I.a Guardia'.s committee, and
[•is Montreal associates, have
fulfilled the conditions following
the “if" in the previous par-i-
graph. As a matter of fact. Rick
ey is said to have spent $25,000
within the past few years m
looking for suitable Negro talent,
already determined that when it
was found It wouJd be u.scd in
Ms organization For all tt^s w,’
rwe a real debt of grati'ude *o
him.
Among the practical difficul
ties faring the r!ub nioneerin.-j
with Negro players this column
last August cited .apring training
in the South, southern "farm”
team.-> asociatod witn the big
U-ague organizations, and the
many southern players in the big
leagues who might object to
Nc-gru icamoiutes and to playing
against Ptcgrucs. Uf the last
pienliunud. tbis column said,
■ Baseball players are well paid,
and it can easily be bclievea
that very few players, whatever
Uieir sectional origin, would
torego U.e chance of a big league
career tor the sake of avoiomg
contamination by Negroes." In
answering a question on the
same subject. Branch Rickey,
Ji,. head of the Brooklyn farm
organization, said for himself
and his father: "It may cost the
Brooklyn organization a num
ber of ball players. Some ol
thorn, particularly if they come
from certain sections of the
South, will steer away from a
club with colored players on its
raster. Some players now with
us may even quit. But they'll
be back in baseball after they
work a year or two ii: a cotton
mill."
A final word to present the
ana nis tamer: "ii may cosr me
Brooklyn organization a num
ber of ball players. Some ol
them, particularly if they come
from certain sections of the
South, will steer away from a
club with colored players on its
roster. Some players now with
us may even quit. But they’ll
he back in baseball after they
work a year or two in a cotton
mill."
A final word to present the
view of Branch Rickey. Sr., the
man who really engineered the
whole thing. He says: "I have
neevr meant to be a crusader,
and I hope I won’t be regarded
ftc one. My purpose is to be fair
to all people, and my selfish ob;
iective is to win ball games."
And we say. “Good enough.
Mr. Rickey, and good luck.”
A San* Approach io a Solution
Ol to* Amvrican N*gro Wooiam
By William D. Robinson
Hate IS me soui-aeep aesire
tc aesiroy uie oDjeci oi personal
uisUKe. ine lounaation oi naie
U! tear, one oi the mo^t lunaa-
mcniai ol numan instincts. Fear
18 based upon ignorance or lack
iivea m constant tear ol fire,
oi knowledge. Once mankind
waters, and even the sounds in
lightening, the darkness, vast
the nigni. But as numan know-
iiage increased, man began to
lose his tear of natural forces
because he lound tnat they ail
worked in various ways to help
him m nis struggle to live. He
found that he had to adapt him
self and his way of living to
natural conditions or modify
these conditions by artificial
niians if he wanted to survive.
He found that he could not de
story nature, so he learned earl^'
not to hate her mahefestations.
Instead he tried to appease her
in her dreadful moments, and
thus worship began as religion.
But when envy, jealously, or
sense of inferiority create per
sonal fear in the human heart
this passion breeds hate. — the
will to destroy the cause of per
sonal c- ntentment and security.
Thus Cain slew Abel when Abel
outshone him in favor with their
Creator. Thus men rise up in
anger and destroy each other in
the murder orgies we read
about and witness around us
every week. Thus nations move
against nations in mass murdL*r
in the name of war. And thus
the lower .element of the white
rr.ce sought and still seeks to de
stroy the darker races whom
they fear because they have
wronged them.
But thanks to the Christian
religion and the democratic
ideal, all of the white race have
rot allowed themselevs to re
main in this primitive state of
brutal hatred and aggression
against a down-trodden people.
Otherwise we would all still be
held as slaves or long ago have
been destroyed bv the forces of
hate hurled against us-in the
deep South.
The better element of the
white race wants a better world
to live in. and thev have work
ed hard and unselfishly to make
ihe world better. They know
that there Is a God and that he
is the Gtxl of all races. They
want to have His help, and they
want to go to heaven, so they
have iHed to make a compromise
with Him about the darker races
Thev «tooncd allowing the low
er elements to Ivnch them and
whin them and enslave them.
They even allowed them to be-
enme citizens of their world, al
lowed them to build better
homes, and learn how to read
v-rite. and become religious k*
that thev could settle up with
Cod too. and mavhe even go tn
hoaven aft‘'r thev die,
Yet iti suite of aR the white
m»r> did tn better condftioo
of the American of African de
scent. it is alt a conscience-eas
ing comnromise. because the
white man still wants to believe
that he is some how better than
the darker race, although there
is nothing in the Bible or in the
facts of life «o support him ui
that contention.
Out of the white man’s effort
to settle with God about hit
treatment of the Negro has come
the double standard of democra
cy. — a high path for the whit*
man and a low path for the Ne
gro. Out of it came segregation,
discrimination in every walk of
life, religious, social, political,
and economic. The white man
even thinks that the Negro can
get into heaven on a standard 's
little lower than the white man
can. In short, the white mrn has
advanced into the future', cllitf-
ing to a shadow that even he
knows is futile. — that he is
superior to the darker man. The
facts of nature and the deeds of
mankind throughout all history
prove to him that he lies to
himself, — yet he still clings to
his shadow of superegotism.
To take out of the white man’s
mind this myth. — that it the
task of the advancing darkrace.
It must bring home to all the
world the truth that no man ts
bom inferior to any other man
because of racial origin. All the
millions of darker people wh-o
have made outstanding advanc
es for the race had first to real
ize in their own hearts that the
white man’s creed was errone
ous. They proved to the whole
world that race does not deter
mine intelligence and efficiency,
— nor standing with God and
His nature. The world ia the
home of man, regardless of col
or. and all of its bleasings are
the heritage of all.
The white man cannot solve
the race problem for himself or
for us alone. We must do our
part
First of all we must line up
with God and His nature. I
don't mean get all sanctimonious
and over-religious. I don't think
much of earthly sainthood. J
mean that we should seek to
understand God’s will towaH
us. and the task He created os
tc accomplish. We should seek
to understand the laws of nature
and life, and adapt our thinking
find acting to those laws. This
we must do if we wish to sur
vive in the struggle of races.
God is not going to take our
side, no matter how bitterly we
may have been persecuted. We
must get on His side in the
struggle. His tide is on the side
of human betterment and the
survival of all. regardless of past
misdeeds or oast suffering and
persecution. For God Is a God
nf forgiveness. He loves all Hit
creatures. He hates onlv evil,
mi^erv and humas degradation.
So the first Commandment of
race survival mav well be ex
pressed; THOU SHALT NC^
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PAST.
Letter To The Editor
This truly is an era of oressure. our educators, whose livins ex-
Yet tn «oite of an the white
man Hid to Vit-tter ♦be r-ondRlon
the American of African de
scent. it 1* all a consrlence-ess-
ing compromise, because the
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TtDV OR RACF BY ROH
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PAST.
Letter To The Editor
Lest We Lf^roet.
By tv. I,. f.RKKNi:
The advent of a certain Mr.
i:nbiiv-«)n into llic r.mk.s of r»-
cognizi'd profe.-ssinnal ba.-^oball
circl .s a.-; a contract iinldci )i;i
marie a (cinpi'Si in Ihr .sports-
tiivn’s nc.v.. l.apot Jiu-kic w.ls
chosen bv the Broviklyn bo.v; b---
rau.sc he was tiic type of ba'l
inayci' who woiilil giau- lit-’
gunio. His employer is not tak
ing anv ch.ncf-: that will
credit the game nr the brand of
.•\m'rii-an' .lackic r- prescnti
The chief complaint Indg.-d
..gain'll cnlon d prof--.;--! >n;'i
players ha.s been th'-ir gener.i)
boi.-ti''-nu.'nc.s. and lack of disci
pline. .T.-ickir o cnlhge bred m
the strictest ,«ense of the vvord.
He was fl good student, an all
round athlete, .nnd an ev'-ivd.iv
genilcman lo all hi.'=i arfpi.iint.-m
e s T”e go-"lions left to be an
swered now af’ two. Will h"
r.oke the rrade m the bii:
leagues? Will *hc reactionary
“race rnonger .” whit.-’ and col
or'd. have him ptlcbcd out of
position hec.-iiixe ‘he SOI'TH
ones not approve his p.arficiD.-i
lion in the national rarpe a.s ‘he
loiial of the WHITE bovs from
now-n under?
There arc nconie lof aM ti-r'.
c.f the so.c;iI1e.| race in Ainer.
ira who .actuallv believe that de-
iP'^cravv and raci-sm can exi.st
together m the .same eountrv.
They keep the .aboriginal Amer
ican on re.sei v.ations and encour
age him to live a poorer litu
than the average for the sake
of “racial integrity.” These rae-
i.-Ls bilieve that .some natural
cause exj.sts for our behavior
patterns tow.ard peoples W’hosc
hair texture, skin eolor, or rc-
ligioii.s oelu'fs differ from their
own. They .speak of opportunity.
;nlegration. "rare equality." and
tolerance without realizing the
fignificance of either of the
films. The American racists
really roncern themselves with
only one thing. Thev want
THEIR status quo undisturlied
and their own advancement
guaranteed.
Minorilv inferest.s arc always
disturbing influences in a nation
having separate groups defined
by I.TW and custom. Minn-
league b.asebaM dub owners are
a threat lo the pocketbooks of
the oxvners of colored clubs
when they .start selecting t h "
Jackies for hig league trvout.-t
B.Tnkers. hoarrLs of education,
emolovers in every field woud
di.stiir!) mightiK' the owners of
“race bu.siness" if they started
rniploying the best tellers, teach-
trs, insurance agents et. al. in
the bigger firms and at better
pay. Do wc grudge the Jackies
the chance?
Let's see about hiring a “white
fdler" in Jackie’s place, there
would be many candidates, and
make capital of Mr. Rickey’s
rcslure while it is news. There
arc more first class baseball
players in the United States
than can ever be accommodated
in the small group of persons
asscKiatcd in what is called “or
ganized baseball." Wc could take
every other big league team in
the country and banish it to
Siberia for life, give an equal
number of amateur players the
spring training, training these
bani.shecs would have had. and
Ihe contests for the followin.t
season would be lust as close
near .series as with the orig
inals in the lineups.
The pitv i.s not that poor col
ored club owners are threaten
ed with robbery but that the ad
ministrations of the colleges
which most colored youth atten 1
don’t even sponsor the game of
baseball to train more Jackies.
This truly Is an era of pressure.
Every known organized group in
the United States, with the excep
tion of the public school teachers,
exerts its power to force capitalists
and employers to share the income
of production and labor with the
worker.
These unions consist of people
ranging from the unswkllled lab
orer to the most highly skilled tech-
.oician and professional man who
are headed by well-prepared lead
ers whose aims are to elevate their
respective groups to a respected po
sition. They have organized lobbies
in the nation’s capitol. Through this
action and that of the strike they
gr* r'xiogrition and consideration.
Our public school teachers
throughout the country are trained
to a greater degree and for a long
er period than any other organized
group, and. on the whole, they are
compensated len for their prepar-
tion and service. Imagine a teacher
being required to have a Bachelor's
Heere« ard nine years of experience
in order to earn $1,800 per year and
a city garbage collector with tesa
than a high school education, whr
received $10,000 annually.
Unions strikes, polilicians legis
late their salaries, but our teach
ers simply wait to be offered a
salary.
Why is it that our educators do
not use pressure methods? Are their
leaders too passive, too submissive^
Are they weak-minded, or afraid of
losing their jobs and ‘prestige’ by
demanding fair, adequate compen
sation?
Despite their many organizations
our educators, whose living ex-
oenses are above the average 6f
their 'position,’ do not strike fbr
mor enflV. or lobby for Federal aid.
as thev should. They cannot be re
placed. Why be afraid to apply prM-
sure? Is this freedom from fear. .'.
or want?
I cannot answer theee questions.
But they stand out as a glaring ehal-
lege to the public school teechars
and the people of America.
R. L. Carmlcal
Jacksonville. N. C.
The wild blueberry has been bred
into an excellent fruit grown in
cuUviated fields of Eastern Carolina
on acid soils that would have other
wise produced only brurit and
scrubby forest growth.
Only six states tn the U. S. show
an increase in egg production for
the first 9 months of 1949 a»,com*
pared with last year. North Caro
lina leads the league In gains.
“I don't believe any state can top
our breeders as to quality In hogs,
-I.- shown by the recent sales at
Rocky Mount and Chadboum,’’ says
Jack Kelley, swine specialist at Slate
College.
Farmers of Rowan County report
One third mocc potatoes per. aa-e
from tb» use of new seed obtained
last spring, says J. Y. Lassiter, Ex
tension horticulturlat at State Col
lege.
I built my aoul a lordly plpaRuro-houso
Wherein at ea.se for aye to dwell.
1 said, “O. Soul, make merry and car
ouse
Dear .soul, for all i.s well.”—Tennv.son
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON By Row. M. W. Williams
We, by our .suffering.s, learn to prizo our
blis.s. —Dryden
There’s not a string attuned to niirtn
But has its cliord in melancholy.—Hood
.Siihjpct: Fpllowship In Tlir
rhurrh ?t;*tl 18 ,Arf 2.tt-
47; t-SI-.l?; Rom 12. Phil. J;27-2.t.
1 John 2-14-24 Print, d T'-xV Rn-
mans 12'2-18
Koy Verco- "Bp kindly nffi rlion-
pd one to another with brotherly
!c>-.-c for hMio,- 'np an
other." Rom. 12:10.
Thp p.-i'i .‘e.-* of 'ri-‘|)t-.r- reforr
ini' u^ to “FeUnu-hip In Tbo
Church" arc more th.-m u-unl to.
day, embracing time from A. D.
2d to A. D. 90 with Capenianin
and Jerusalem ns the prin.'ip.a1
grosrnphicnl loralitics . I
With only nhout fifty five p*’r
rent of our popohition in lia-
church nnd a w.ar-wcary world
torn with h.itred. striko.s. di.sease
an-1 di'icord. It .«epm‘- that -i study
of \vrIlo*vship in the chiirrh. with
a view of helping to correct thtf
evil - of the world and bringing In
the other ^ forty-five per cent is
c'periaUy timelv
THE EARLY CHl’RCH
There are several outstanding
characleristlcR of the early church
at Jerusalem. First, the Holy
Ohost had the mastery. They sold
their goods and had things in com
mon so that none suffered. The
.opo.stles gave witnes.s of the re
surrection with great power
(Acts 3:4). The racial groups drew
no lines of demarkation (Acts
2;5-12). The above characteristics
were so strong in this early church
that the spokesman. Peter, could
p'-ench comnnccly to that crowd
who said they were drunk. The
Holy Spirit acompanled the
preaching (Matt. 38:20), and if
governed those Christians whe
made up the Church (Zeh. 4:9)
A sharing of possessions which
is a form of communism led to
jeatouses. squabbles and ultimate
dissolution, even though, the
preacher's helpers — Deacons
came as an outgrowth. There is
this to be said; The spirit which
prompted the sharing, should
characterize the church today •
spiritual fellowship — a desire to
help others
CHITRCH DI8CIPLINR
The church like the home, has to
maintain a standard. While all ot
its members should rigidly follow
the standards, it often happens
that some, in spite of all the
preaching and teaching the church
does, will not live up to its teach
ings. Therefore in Matthew's Gos
pel 18:15-20. how to keep or re
store that fellowship is given
• Read it)
FPLLOWSMIP IN THE CHURCH
AS ADVOCATED BY PAUL
The Christian virtues recommend
ed by Paul In Romans 12th. if
practiced, would give the church
the necessry strength to overcofnie
many. yea. all of the ills which
beset this old world. Paul recog
nizes the evil of the human heart
and the temptatoins which will
drag us down, but in his esplstle
to the Phillipines he says; "I can
do all things through Christ.”
(Phil. 4:1S>. Then too, there is'
strength which' the individual
mem^r enjoys when in true fel
lowship with God and his broth
er (Phil. 2:1), And in I John 3:14-
24 the base or source and the
manifestation of Christian fellow
ship in the Church is LOVE for
one another.
LESSON HINTS
1. The Church should be govern
ed by the Holy Spirit.
2. The Holy Spirit transcends
Racial lines. Acts 2:1-11.
3. The Preachers and the Chris
tians have the power to preach
and practice brotherhood U they
would have fellowship in the
Church.
4. There Is more influence in
Christian fellowship to change
the attitude and disposition of peo
ple than in the atomic bomb.