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PAGE FOUR THE CAROLINIAN V’EEKING ENDING SATURDAY. JANUARY 12, 1916 EDITORIALS TWO GOVtkWOJii Time mnjfazine of Jnnuai’v 7 oont’-asts recent statement's bv iho irovnior of North Carolina ani the rv„r„- nf Kl'^r- ida, each about crlme^ eh-'*)i;.-d ;^krainst Nejfro youth, ai t‘. me:; I'n ip ea.'h case \n dea'”’r u»tii oftVnder. rjiA'ernor CherrVs •'iJf-ptr.n*. par* of which was (juo*edth«se coI..rT'’-*c a sho>» time aco. 'lad to d. -.‘ifn tin 15 vo-ij oJd boy'^ons ji.-tf-d oI >'I? ; .nd who.ii’ deatli sentence was com'’nit'‘d to hfe im- pii«ionnienl ny v;o«;.',-nor 'herrN las* month. His .'tatement 'as quutsd liv Time, icknowledto-d hi r.-spot’^ibH!- tv of (he t'on'Pif «'•' tolerat’nv.' the kind o» ep' to.; • n.-oon' si»' h eririi!.'' >- I • •e es, ' 'MmIi- other ha. (i, ■ ern-'f Ca!d • 11! of I Inrida condoneo »"- .i>: •.tinu ,,f j t'.’ppr'i who Ciia tfon' ! Klunda jail by unknown’ apH -'eL’-ited b\- the ip-e 03 ‘".M -Midi.Pin im» Go\e'iV'‘ Col-i' • ■»' ■ t'ded ’Pit such secret end ordrnv ad!n”t!stratton> of private veiiK.-an-.e .-houM not be , la.ssi* /led as lynohin>,'s. -»nd iddcd . “The ordeal •>.: i -^^ung and i t.nocent victini of * '(1" 'n' '.•pen co'ift and subject.itf.' he* *• •.ieiail-d eross-ex- aniinalion vonld * I'-'b l-i •« uf-o-r -in 113. jvny as the onmnal Thi.'s Ian prob ah'y aciouti*' tm- -j nnmb.i- of kilH'tgs vhich niitfht othc-i-w'se b- .-ded. Tim contras ores* r*'' * •" the stat*"- ment.s of the two governor^ is remarkable. On*, conden-os lynchmt • *" ft '» ebm r.at .•> ' the iiouto'o and ^rnbartv ittenda'!* on the (?fdcrl.v i'rocess ni jiw ir. ease? involv ing a de^pt'^ atoie and h* ipou.*. crime : the. other, without nv'* dem-ecating tlie soriousne.'-.s of th .-ssoits that the accused e.be proUrt-d not sim ply from tyiiehi’iy. but fhAt m df’dini: whether or not on*^ duty con^’cted shva'.ci pay with his life, the State «'*uat t>ik« 'n^o cQlisideration it- ovin p^i* ot the re sponsibility for tol^ratinir 'Onal conditions piYidisnosinc cert tin 0# its cieizens to at I'^ious cftotma) behavior. ^overnm •‘'aldwoH's ‘='''pressed attitude- dfes not even take into consMeration the pib ibl' innocence 01 th- *‘‘'*»sed cnim- one of the ver>’ fund in'{.n‘a! princi iur'sp'"00*'•- Gov- :r'*ess*oi; a''knowledtres I (Uisideration it'- '>vi n paj* ot me le- sponsibility for tolnratmir social conditions ;-y«>diaposi*ig cert lir. of its. cieizens to at- (vifinus criminal behavior. j'iovnrimi ‘■'aldwoH’s -^Ypressed attitude d^es not even take into '■•ons'dc-ration the pitisibl^’ innocence 01 th* a'’‘'used ev.m- one of the ver fundamental pnnci pfc.i of Angio Sa^'p’ jur*spt >ido*'- -'; Gov- pCTior Ghe’'ry’.s erp tssion acknowledtres tl® right of even *c ..iiilty tc^ considcraiioi) o - of circum- arjnees be>ond tt .. '■r’min:it a'*' o.^ylf The gff'.vrnoi of V ivt*'' ' ■' h > lowevs f'’i ah^vc tb« t'o^-r-'o*’ c F!"’''"0 "i his ’on- ception of tlm sc-.'.} ■ md n-atuv*: of h'S of- fie*', and in his .so' inl und''r.-t 'iiding. HOWtCIDES The rate at w'hich Negroes are killing thbir fellows ir and around K ileiph, and in ciM’taiP other sections oi North Ca*'0- liiiR, is verv depressing. U is rather e*n- barraas^iin: lu h -M tor:i‘ aira.nsl InlvV- racial violence l-i-twocn individuals, of which the Negro is ’is’ially Mic victim, when at the same time Negroes are Kill ing each ether with fin* abandon. The South loads the iiation in homi cides. despite the more widelv publicized gang killings and the liku of northern cit. ies. And the Negroes lead the South IMany more Negroes are killed by members of their race than by whites, and the death rate from homicide amorg '‘egroes actu ally exceeds th:-t from sonn important diseases. It is hard to gvt people la listen, to com- plaints about police In.'u’alitv to Negroes, however appropri.ite such, ■jompl.'i'its ma:-’ be, wlum tlm newspapers -'vo fuM of stoi- ies of th*' viole**'‘e of N•'gl''•‘'^ to mem bers of tlK-ir o\v>i *' ivc. America is a violent .•e‘ien. the South ii^. one of the ver pfc.; of AngiO'?a''OT eAor rhe*'rv’s oxp THE CAROLINIAN by The Carolinian Pu^ .*shing Co. ^^^Kitcred as sccond-cla^ matter, April 6. 194a, at Post Office at Raloiph. N. C- under the Act ^■March 3. 1879. P. R, JERVAY, Publisher C. D. HAI.UaURTON. Editorials ^ CARL EASTERLING. Circulation Manager " Subscription Rates One Year. S2.00: Six Months. $1.25 Address all communications and make all checks payabh, 10 The Cai-olinian rather than to individuals. The Carolinian expressly repudiates rrtp*>nsibiiily for return of unsolicited pictures, manuset ipt. ctr.. unless stamps are sent. 118 East Hargett St.. Raleigh. N. C. is the most violent section, and Negroes are the most violent people in that ser- tmn. What is th j ansvv-r to the Drobl*:rm? hdij'.alion. Kdiicofea people a? a ijj.ual tiling do not u'.; »*i\oKod 1*1 jijlunlioos leading lo sohition by imn-.idiial violence. War tend:, to cheapen life, and the hom- •cide late tend.s to go up after a war. With deaths 01 .ombatants and non-com- b>*»^nti -ihke r*‘arhmg a now high in the war ,ui3 riided. violence has cast its shad ow fiHhh'f’ o'e! ti*e v’orld. 7'he ancient in.iuiittion. Thou oh.-^Ji not t-ill " 3op3-i3^ 'uan*' '■(ii^irrpr: to I arrv l*- weight th in fi. W’f ni.»v b*' ni for an unpi* er-d( n*c*d 3* ’-isrir. •■f no’aicide .P'd m.^yh; »n. DIFFERENT ► IND or STOP V '-■‘lit of the ppit'ii t.jU ot the ttrnble *■*'" ' di.-m f-.-iifu. i-’- eii3e*’cc-.v tlm ♦vpc Of *h-- -.eldom. i,-..*;. into th-' press. (» .1 a.-; »hr .•.re', ‘d ho" 1 ' .i-io mm-r 01 (-.perien.' piLsvriv.c- 0! mind. .ind cou*-k-e orc*nntd and di- ' ted 'he mea^ur' s .>>nd n-u ito-- t>v •''.h I'lnt banpfd m-.-n i.ed. Thev ■-'■ere ’h*- only ones to emerge alive from khfc e>-Phs*on-'*-recked mine, although t^' o of their number r.uceunibed later ’.'ihtr .-IP” *'.or.; g.av*= tuH citdit to *h* lored bej-o w hose wi.sdom and '‘■sciii'■ !uip-.v- --M-e iHj'gelv •■^-.sp-'iisibh- fortht- of rheir h’-e.s, and the pvp.v- .^!0»' 'pniL'Mllv -ompletf. ,>n,d c-Ahs- fK»o*v. 1*'.;. nnt ''t the suruvor.^ in his ac'-oun* 1:1..1 vmpha.'is on the old stereo- ' 'P* ot the N'-gro s :-n*e!ng dinl praying d’.iiPig the dai'k hours of d inger and ne,i- d-..-spiir. ihe»'e is no ceuse to arol-vpi-.e for the .'inuing -*nrl praving Such acti'- 11). s *v‘-»e appiopi'*ate ind laudable; but Lhv »***pl!canon thu.s introduced, and no doubt accepted by many leaders tended to discount two o^her facts: (1) tha* the Negro did n gieat deal morp than p»av and sing that the vhiftr did Lheir oii.tif of praying ‘nd singing, roo. Di'spPe the ilmost iisevitable addition ol the standard religious stereotype 0 help kcc-p the • olored hero at least part ly ' in charactei.” it'w.is a fine storv, and one which will certainly add some real ity *0 the distorted coneeptio*i of the Ne gro character shared by so many people in this country. HIGH KHODL TALK Talk still goc-s around »bout a ntw N’e- heip keep the * olored hero at least part ly ‘ in charactei." itwas a fine story, and one which will certainly add some real ity to the distorted conception of the Ne gro character shared by so many people in this country. HIGH SrHOOL TALK Talk still goes around about a ufw Ne- gra high .school toi Raleigh, though no of ficial public .:lH*ement h.-is yet been issu ed on the 3ubiG*’t. \^’hc-n the au-honlics move ^0 provide a high school plant wor’h.v of ‘he ci’y and its eiti-ens. it is to be hoped »h.i‘ in .vome proper vvay the •vpinions 01 the !^egro citi.-ienry will be sough*, rc-ceived. an*H given propc-r w eight. Among the- points which ought to hi. included i” anv ptinning for a new high school are tl) a suitable, central and ac cessible site; (2) the .separanon ot th*. high .school from the grade sehord; t 1) complete adequacy- of the plant, includ ing gvmnasium .-iiid adequ.ate a’ld adc- quatt::ly equ-pped qu-arteiv for a full cur riculum of vocational as vv til a.s othc-r courses. Raleigh is far enough ad - '•need to ha.c a I -egro member on the school board ‘ *f couvse wh 'tevc-r school board ‘here is ad ministers all the schools for all thm people : but as long as there are Negro schools (and there is no prospect in +he f*5resec- able future that 'he color line will be eras ed in this resp*.-c'). in a city ,.1 which Ne groes t.orm -s’p'h t li'ge pieportion of the pcpuliit’on. they should hH' e divi repre-f-ntation on th school hoard. / ■ - -1 ■■ ' Jk, . ■ V .JWr ^ :/ N''■; 1 » //•.»' -'•'iA’i’rtMifeiM-ffl f/-' fi’- ■■ihall Uiia tidppLn hc-re? " Bt c. L. HALLIBURTON December 28 is observed by .some branche.-. of the Christian church in commemoration of the Holy Innocent;^. These were 'ah tm chiiaren that were in Beth lehem. and m all the coasts t.heieof. from two vear„ old and under. ' (Matthew ID who wer.' killed at the order of the jeal ous and fearful Herc-d in an a' temp' to eliminate the infant Jesus. From what hr had ht-ar.l through the V.’ib Men ot the East, Herod envisioned the child as a possible future rival for his temporal power, and he was tak ing no chances. To le this year there was something deeply ironical about Holy Inxioc-ents' Day. In .thu Christian land and era we liave prided ourselves for manv y-’aro on our tend**rne5s to children, t" 'he growing Christian conception of the rights of childhood to care and protection. With consider able comnlacencv on Holy In nocents' Day we have contras'ed our world with the world of Her od, where innocent children cculd be slaugh'c-iwd at the sel- fish and brutal whim of a pagan" 1 uler. But this vear we must olace something deeply ironical aDOUi Hob' Innocents’ Day. In .thi?. Christian land and era we nave prided ourselves for manv y*'ari on our tenderness to children, on ♦he growing Christian conception of the rights of childhood to care and protection. With consider able complacency on Holy In nocents’ Dav VP have contrasted our world with the world of Her od, where innocent children cfuld be sldughivied at the sel-^ fish and brutal whim of a pagan lult-r But this year w». mual plaT buide Hirred's dtoJ m Bethlo- hem 2.000 yeara ago our own country’s dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Naga- smaki How many mnocent.i perished in those ciries on those days.’ Ol course it is quite pos sible that there wore not so many mothers left childless 'n thisse two Japan‘’o.e cUies. and Cons-q*i(ntly not as much ' lam- cntation and weeping, ana gr at mourning, Rathcl weeping 1 ir her children, d.-. tliere w.-i.. ‘ 'n Bethlehem and in all the coast.^ thereof •''n that long ago day when Herod went thiough iher.- with his fin»--'oothed onil. For in Hiroshima and Nagasaki most of the moihcia probably died with their children, 1 know all the arguments in justification of the use of the atomic bomb when and where it was used. I am not wise enough to say whether or not its employ ment was nerp..sary or even ex- •p-idienf under the rirrumst.inc*‘S. I know that the .Inpane,-,*. coni- nutted terrible afrocitus our own sf-ldiers and for years 'sgams* helpli-.,„ non-combat.mi Chin*’.-e and Fihpino n>en. wom en and childr* n. But I know in nno.-niriia rtim iNUeu-.ciiM ju»»sv of the moth, la probably died with their children. I know all the arguments in justification ol the use of the atomic bomb when and where it was used. I am not wise enough to say wheth*" r or not its employ ment was nei'c.'.sary oi even ex- p-dient under the rirnimstanccs. I know tiiat tlw .?Hpane.-.c «-om- mittod terrible afroci'ii s agnm- t our own soldiers and for year.v against holplL-.-a non-combat.inl Chtne.se and Filipin*. men. wom- «.n and children. But f know also that the Japane.se babies blown to bits in the rubble of lhro.shima were as innocent as those Jewith babies killed by Herod, whose memory is honor- ' d in ciiurch because they died in the place of the young Jesu,.. I know they were as innocent and liarmless as the babies in this country today. The ghosts of these Japanese children will rise up some day In plague this country. Already our minds are uneasy. We live iind'i the shadow of the fear of what may happen to our own .'hildren when some other na tion may decide w..hout warn ing to rain a few bombs on Americd one of these days. Of course we know that if we had not perfected it first, the bomb would’ve been used by our enemies against us. But having used it first ourselves how do we sound when we say, "It’s loo terrible; let's all stop?" Maybe one day when men learn how to live together in this world the anniversary of the first atomic bomb dropping will be observed as another Holy Irmocents’ Day. mg to rain a few bombs on Amcried one of those days. Of course we know that if we nad not perfected it first, the bomb would’ve been used by our (-nemies against us. B it having used ii first ourselves how do we sound when we .“jay, "It’s too terrible; let’s all stop?’’ Maybe one day when men learn how lo live together in this world the anniversary of the first atomic bomb dropping will be observed as another Holy Innocents' Day. Lest We Lcraet. By W. L. GRELNF, Honcrabk R. Gregg Cherry, e- geverner, is about to establish himself as j ma.'ter of the fine art ot .--aymi ;;oc‘d things in an un usually impressive vay. H;s state- ment in connection with hts com mutation of the sentence of A. C. Wu-j who was sentenced to death by iht superior C-uri of Guilford County on a murdt-r ch-sro'e is .vorth quoting and requoting for Us a:pth of meanmg and its chal- lenit to our social order. After n-vitwlng the circumstances of the crime the G'vernor .ai-i. 'a.: reported in the News and Observ er) ‘1 am truly alarmed at the -h-.Ji-i.e;.. Of human life as eval uated by many citizens, both white c-nd c'lorcd. With -11 our social agencies, schools, churches, civic clubs, radio, press, and other means of acquiring and dissem inating civilizing influences. seems that after 1&45 years oi Christian civilization, 'vve wculd at least be on the- up grade with re- :p-ct to crin-.es against individual humanity and society as a whole. ” If we could only remember '.austi as Causes fundamentally' The State ol North Carolma and 29 ether state^ ot cur American union have legal requir*.meiils that some- citizens withheld re spect as human beings from other cpccit‘ed eltizena I orth Carolina, along wtiK 12 otoc-r Southern .-tales denie.s some ctizens the privilege of according elemental ceur‘e.-y an f.iir pl .y lo other cpccif.ed citizen: m both public affciTj .iiid orr. ate 'ontacts. Our civituiaii-n ■- Chn-tian in name but hvp'^criticil in pract ce and this hypiciuy i:- in conformity to the laws of the states themselves. American naci>t laws which require some citizen to treat o‘n- er .-prc tied citizenj .'o a little less human than them-elve.- ha*. . to - ’•.lec pattcin. of .r'Uip behavior which destroy the sense of soci' l morality in ail groups affected to an unbelievable extent. When an ;ndi\idual learns to "despise” the per.-'nality of some designtoed pmons. that individual loses a large amount of the respect he should have for any perionallty. The opiral unwinds downward. Whites kill non-whites, get light 'enttnee- or none at all. Non whites kill whites, get the ex treme penalty almost invariably. Whitts seduce -r rape non-whites, g*' light penalties or nearly al ways (due Ic legal tirckeiy) no p--njlty a» e’l. Non whiles seduce or rnpe whites.'get the death pen alty -.vheth.-r actually gliuty of •jp* or -ducHon Never is the Chr!:tian prin.ipk- or cv^ the Ijv of Mo.-- .illovLd to govern in the:e 'crimej .icross the bar." Wc mii>t iem*mber P'.at * u-. 'he work of little foxes fh.i» spoil.- the vines. We ( .ter Jim Crow legis lation designed to eUviate one T'ME BRINGS CHANGES Time inevitably brings about changc-= and mo.-l'tv-s customs. *’'ck-brati.in of Eitunctpj’ion Dav usvd to bt a great occasion m Raksgb -^ni marA athcr plac-j. .NV-.v the diU on whirh thr in-'ituticn of human b^naagt toppkd over •n this countiv is no longer observed bv th* *k;- scondanis of those declared tre. bv I.meoln ^'i’AvSrsSt that.he epochal.vent otjanu- SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON By R®V, dr- 1 ‘883 u too far .-c-moved m time, or ek'- wa-i not far enough It is so Icmg ago that tho-v who were directlv affc-ct-:-d by it, and so had an intimate- and’ perional apprecijtiiin of i'. are pass--d from the scene; a' »h-:- same tim*: it is not ri-motc enough so that their descendant. • in fullv accept Emancipation in htstonca! pec.-pec- live’ and therefore regard 'he p- vious slavery of their forbears objectively enough to celebrate 11 as a purely hustorical occasion Or zgam if may be tha' Negro Historv Week has largely replaced Ifmancipation Day in'the affnotifin.>; of the people. In an.> 1 vent there seems to be as liltk pro spect of reviving mterest in a hig Emaiv inn tion f«'l-biatnm •. in ri'v-ivin*: inl'mest m W‘>d- ne>da> ingiit prayer meeting. Maybee later, but nut now. group of American citizens. We farget that elevating one group at the expense of the other is basically sinful. People don't sense »hc warped philosophy c*f the segregationists who designed the Jiin Crow statutes in the conceit ed self-fooling sloppy thinking about inferior peoples whom they despised, not when unstudied hu man impulses motivate their ac tions. A. C. Wise was a victim of this viciousness in our national life. He had been despised His paramour had been despised. He had seen violence unchallenged in his neighborhood because the au thorities despised the kind of citi zen the law said (Or implied by its enforcement that) he was. First humanity despises. Soon it can hate. Hate murders its victim on slight provocation. Contempt can turn hate in a flash. TlJs is the A ay of murder. Neither sch(»ls, churches, civic clubs, radio, press, nor other .so cial agencies will make our civil ization Christian as long as it is Jim-Crow, When we are free to ■•ach proper reipect for human personality on the part of all citi- .'.ens toward all other citizens, \«-iihout reservations which lead to f^me despising the personality of others, only then may we hope to i.irt “n the up grade with respect to crimes against individual hu manity and society. By C. L. BRYANT. JH. xmamfnrtttninmjm. MAN V/e are probably agreed u-lative to the fact that man is a pfculiar creature; he works hard to accomplish some objective and Willi a fervor t*qually as significant destroys what he has made, l-lt- iiutsmurts the other animals in that he is able to think; the pioduction of his own thinking cause life on th> ierrestrial planet li> bicoine very p'^ecarious. Wliut is he? And, what is liis misisou on earth? If one juiges the past activities of man, he has reason to wonder whether man travels the road of progression or^moves painfully along the load of retrogression. Literary genius has yet to give us a universally accepted definition of this creature — man. The following excerpts and verses on man, a heritage of the past, are some choice literary gems. I am seeking a man. —Diognes (with a lantern in broad daylight) There must be some trait that predominantly characterizes the man other than physical masculinity. Men are but children of a largo growth. — Dr.yden, All For Love, IV I I.s there any wonder whv men act as they do, if this truism is accept’d as an established fact? Tiie fallowing verse dues not describe man as the noblest of all creatures — Man, biologically considered .... is the most formidable of all beasts of prey, and, indeed, the only one that preys systematic ally on its own species. — William James, Memories and Studies The inherent weakness of the flesh is most vividly brought out in the verid which follows — Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile. — Reginald Heber, From Greenland’s Icy Mountain It would be a most splendid accomplishment, if some of the so-called socially prominent digested the thought given here — Down with your pride of uirth And your golden gods of trade! A man is worth to his mother Earth. All that a man has madel — J. G. Neihardt, Cry of the People Wt have nevt-r seen God, but we have seen His image. So God created man m his own im°"e, in the image of God created he- him. — Old izstament, Genesis, 1.27 Some oi our troubles are inevitable because of the condition of our birth. Man that is born of woman is of few days, and full of trouble. — Old Testament, Job 14:1 It was a Providential Decree that man exercise dominion over the things of the earth — Thou has made him a little lower than the angels. — Old Testament, Psalm, 8:5 The displeasure of high heaven (the angels) is stirred by the ignominious actions of man — But man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assur'd, His glassy essence, like an angry ape. Plays such fanta.stic tricks* before high heaven, As make the angels weep. — Sfiakespeaie, Measpre for Measure, 11;3 Man must emerge tiom his present hellish state by redirecting his efforts along the lines of cooperative thirddng and action. God will furnish the necessary strengtn when the fri^Uy of the flaab will not permit continued action along the course we pursue. Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is Man. — Pope, Essay on Man, U Man is not an objective; he moves steadily forward until hia goal has been reached. After having reached one goal divine dis content causes him to struggle, in an effort, to reach still others- Man is a rope connecting animal and superman — a rope over a orec-ioice. ... ^ Man must emerge tiom his present helllah state by recii'ecling his efforts along the lines of cooperative thinking and action. God will furnish the necessary strengtn when the fruity of the flaab will not permit continued action along the course we pursue. Know then Uiyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is Man. Pope, E^ay on Man, U Man is not an objective; he moves steadily forward until hia goal has been reached. After having reached one goal divine dis content causes him to struggle, in an effort, to reach still otheta. •Man is e. rope connecting animal and superman a rope oy« a precipice. ... What IS great in man is that he is a bridge and not a goal — Nietzsche, Thus Spake Zarathustra. Are You A Free Reader? L-onstant harping criticism of any thing and everything. The wisest man I ever knew used to say, whenever anyone be gan to tell him anything — “State tht facts. Don’t characterize.” Ap ply that lo propaganda or to ar ticles, or spe^hes. Shear them of characterizations and of all state ments prefaced by the catch phrases “it is said"; everyone knows”; ‘they say”; etcetera, and sec what you have left You’ll be surprised how little it is in al- niost every case. Analyze what you read and hear, and study it with an open, poised mind, ready to admit a point but not reedy to compro mise with a demagogic attempt to stir you to impatience or intol erance. A free press calls for — de serves — free readers — men and women who so value the Bill ot Rights which insures them this bcon of knowledge, that they treat this right with reverence, keeping themselves ready to learn all the truth, and to form their own opinions according to their individual wills. The only way we can keep a free press is to de serve it by being free readers. . M. W. William. ?iibj“Ct A People Delivered Ex- 8-18. Pnn'ed text Ex. 6:6-8;13:17- Key Verie "I will trust, and not be ,ifr.iid: for th:- Lord Jehovah is my Etrength." Isa. 12:2. Today's lesson, though lengthy, IS very int* re.'ting and should prave helpful to all leaders and followers We left Mo.-p> carry- irq hi- roinpla nt to God, Pharaoh had not only refuse to ronrider M*'bp.s' request, hut made ii harder for the Israelites because ol Most-s Th*^ children of Israel and King PhaTdoh were displeased vith him — all as a re:uU of what he had 8 me for God. It is at this time that Moses receives a new r-velation from God. He tells Mo-es who He is, what He shall i!o to Pharoh and what He intends t* do for the children of Israel. Thi- ron tituled a renewed zom- miazinn for Moms. MOSFS-rH.4ROIf CONFLICT Ph.iroii's demand for a miracle. ThK hroimh* the 83 year old Asron' r'>d into action. The rod lum’ng to a serpent on the part of Aaron and cn the part of the mpgi-iang gives the iiupression that one God is about as good as the other until the former swol- lows the latter. The whole cate gory of the ten plagues shows to what extent judicial infliction ex acted. This conflcit ol Moses and Pharoah was more than two men. It was a conflict of God and Bat on. A conflict of the Kingdom of Haven and the Kingdom of Dark ness; right against wrong. This conflict shows what a dreadful thing it is tc have a leader whose mind and heart are so sinful as to cause the destruction of a na tion. The old adage; "If the blind By RUTH TAYLOR One of the more level-headed of columnists wrote this trenchant stEtement recently: “1 am less concerned about the freedom of the press than 1 am about the freedom of the reader. You won’t keep a free press unless the read er also is tolerant, open-minded, interested in hearing both sides.” How do you road? How do you listen? Are you carried away by positive statements without stoD- p;ng to consider they might have lx en made for that very purpose’ Or — are you a free reader? Can you study both sides calmly and collectedly, weighing the source* of each statement, judg ing by past performance and ar- tiving at your own decision after careful thought and due consider ation of all facts in the case? If you can do this, you are a free reader. If you do this, you can effective ly combat those who try to stir up trouble by false rumors au thoritatively stated, by vitriolic charges against those in authority, by untrue accusations against var ious minority groups and by a lead the blind — both wiil (all in the ditch" is illustrated here. The conflict typlifted the culmination of Christ's victory on the cross. THE PILLAR OF CLOUD AND OF FIRE The Church leaders will do well to emphasize that after the re demption of the children of Isarel Goa's people that merr.oriable night which was symbolic ot ChrisFs death for those who will accept Him. they, from that time on have a similar guidance in the Holy Sprit MIRACULOUS DELIVERANCE In speaxing of this deliverance, lets note the way. God led them by woy of of the wilderness by the Red Sea. God's way is the best way. He loads by His Holy Spirit, it may not always suit us, but li? sees ahead. Lets note further they carried Joseph’s bones with them. There is inspiration to be had in honoring the dead — Don't for get the sepuchres of the dead speak to the living, eloquent w'ords c( wisdom. Its pathetic to note the mui.nuring on the part of the Israelites after all God had done for them It is. on the other hand, euco'uraging, to hear Moses the leader, say. (ear not, stand still and see the salvation^ of Je hovah, which he will work for you today. Faith in God it worth more than 600,0(’() chariots Or the atomic Bomba. Many people have tried to ex plain Uie strong east wind. How the sea became dry ground. We cannot explain hew. We. c .y know that the Lord commanded Moses to stretch out the rod and he did so. We know the salvation of this nation was not effected by their own power, but by the pow er of God. It does seem after the children of Israel were delivered and after that memorable song of dellvfr- ance was sung by Moses that they would have stopped their muw murings. But because of their dis loyalty to Moses and Qod, they learnt their lesson. And even now, we believe God H patiently walling for the Jewish Nation to accept the Son of God. We look upon the plight ot the Jews and wonder, but we in our glorious triumph over (^rmany and Japan should (all 00 PUT knees with tbankfulne>s, and With fervent prayers to deal righteous ly with the conquered and op- pressed at home and -abroad, -
The Carolinian (Raleigh, N.C.)
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