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_. 1 tm cAiouMA Tam satohoay. mabch ii. i»85 AND A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM By chance there came into our possession this wtek a letter of such power and beauty that try as we may we cannot help from publi^iing it even at the risk of embar rassing the author and the one about whom it was writ ten. For in these times of man’s inhumanity to man, these times that “try men’s souls,” we thou^t it might put to shame some of those who are screaming to high heaven about upholding the system of segregation that warps the souls of young sters by telling them that be cause of the color of their skin God nmde them too good to sit in a school room with other 'children. It is so very seldom in these days of vicious throat cutting, cold wars and shooting wars that we find true nobility, the kind that lifts men above the lower animals, and simple faith, the kind that makes men whole ,that we thought our readers would like a breath of its life giving pow er jand to feel its warmth. We, therefore, trust that when Mrs. Flowers, who is a mem ber of the North Carolina College faculty, and her son, Harold, who is only 12 years of and a student at the Whitted elementary school, read this editorial they will forgive us for such a blatant breach of ethics. We did not ask Mrs. Flower’s permission to publish the letter which was addressed to her neigh bor, Mrs. Josephine Clement, because we were afraid she would ask us not to. Hie letter is as follows; North Carolina College At Durham Durham, N. C. March 1, 1955 Dear Josephine: I want to thank you for giving Harold as order for cards. It encouraged him a great deal to know that you were behind him in his project. I did want you to know why he was selling cards at this time. He had saved Uhirty-five dollars toward nis bicycle by December. At that time we received a letter from the Colored Orphanage at Oxford telling us that there were fifty-three little boys there in the Little Boys Domitory who were 1^ own a^e. To assure himMlf that the little b«ys> of which there were tl^y- five, would have a happier Christmas, Harold'took his thirty-five dollars and we bought a dollar gift for each child, tagging each gift with the cM'rect name. Harold then took the box of gifts to Oxford himself and spent the day with the boys in their domitory. It is now trying to sell cards. In addition to his cards of all kinds, he has Corres pondence Notes, Stationery (plain, name imprinted and monogrammed), and Name Imprinted Bridge and Bev erage napkins. If you could think of some other item on this list which you could use, it would be a great help to Harold. He must sell over one hundred items in order to realize his thirty-five dollars. May be you could recommend him to someone he might go and see. I shall.appreci ate anything which you could do to help enocour- age him.” Sincerely yours, (Signed) RUTH FLOWERS DO YOU REHEMBEIi FOR I95S Do you remember what a fuss was raised when Branch Rickey of the Brooklyn Dod gers decided to break the im- written law of baseball and play a Negro on the team? Do you remember when some of the pla^rs from the South object^ and how Rickey arose to the occasion and had those objecting to understand that Robinson was on the team to stay? Not a single southerner quit the team nor the league. Seems stupid now doesn’t it since the coming of Larry Doby, Roy Campanella, Don Newcombe, Willie Mays and many other Negro play ers? Do you remember how southern colleges and univer sities use to refuse to play sports agaiiut northern schools even if one Negro was on a team. Seems crazy now, doesn’t it with Duke, the Uni versity of North Carolina and other southern college teams playing against Negroes year after year all over the south without even the slightest in cident. ' Do you remember when Negro policemen were first employed in Durham how some of our white citizens wanted to hang the Chief of Police and shoot the City Manager? Seems silly now since the city has employed 12 Negroes on the police force including two detectives and a police lieutenant. Do you remember how hard it was for Negro passengers on railroads to get pullman and dining car accommoda tion in North Carolina and other southern states? Now, Negroes purchase both in this state and most of the others in the south without the least notice. The Pullman Company and dining cars certainly lost a lot of voney back in those days trying to cater to white supremacy. Do you remember back in 1930 when Negroes were forced to go to court to se cure the right to ride on buses in North Carolina? We believe it was Judge M. V. Barnhill, at the time a Super ior Court judge, who ruled that buses were common car riers and were, therefore, compelled to provide trans portation for Negroes? There must have been a lot of sim pletons among the white lead ers of the state back in those days. Then as now Negroes had to fight even for elemen tary rights that now seem foolish to even think about. Now, since football, basket ball, and other games are played between teams repre senting NCC, Duke Universi- sity, N. C. State College, and the University of North Caro lina regularly, we are forced to look back to 1955 and* laugh at the antics of some of our elders of those days. HKHHHhREMEMBtlhHHeWh Do you remember back in 1954 and 1955 what an aw ful fuss was made by some of our white citizens about the United States Supreme Court’s ruling on segregation in public schools? Many state officials developed and died of ulcerated stomachs, heart attach and cancers, probably brought on by constant wor ry over what might happen under integration. If some of those old fossils could come back now and see how well integration is working in 1960 and how much improve ment has been made in our ^ schools because of having on ly one school system to sup port instead of two they would have another heart at tack. ^ Do you remember how much money southern hotels use to lose because they would not accept Negro guests? Now Negroes are ac cepted in hotels all over the south and as a result the hotels are more prosperous and nobody is the worse off because of the non-segre- gated policy. If I remember correctly the movement to ward the change started in Miami in 1955 when a group of Negro Republicans were ousted from a Lincoln Day dinner in a hotel of that city. Do you remember how the mayor of Miami startled a large segment of southerners by apologizing fpr. the in sult? It was not long after that before hotels in other cities of the South started ac cepting Negroes as guests. Seems foolish now they did not do it before. Do you remember how back in 1954 and 1955 city officials restored to all kinc^ of chicanery to keep Negroes out of the city fire depart ment? Seems absolutely stu pid now doesn’t it since they have been employed and have done such a brilliant job in helping^ to defend our homes from the ravages of fire? Why didn’t we do it before? Do you remember back in 1955 when a group of Negro leaders in this state appeared before the Cxovemor and the General Assembly to ask lx)th of them to uphold the mandate of the United States Supreme Court in the matter of integration in the public schools? Doesn’t it seem fool ish now that any person or group of persons would have to remind thrf Governor of a state or members of a legisla ture that they are under oath to uphold the Constitution of their country and 'its laws? especially those handed down by the highest court in the land? Well, it was necessary, and, even afterwards, many members of the legislature presented bills designed to circumvent the ruling of the court. No, they were not Communists. The Communist merely talked about defying and overthrowing the govern ment. Do you remember back in 1935 when for the first time two Duke University students played a tennis match in the North Carolina Ck)llege gym nasium again two Negro players of the American Ten nis Association? There was a lot of whispering going on uand the game was kept out of the newspapers imtjl it was too late for the color phobias to wreck it. Now, since football, basket ball, and other games are played between teams repre senting North Carolina Col lege, Duke University, North Carolina State College and the University of North Caro lina College, regularly, we are forced to look back to 1955 and laugh at the antics of some of our elders of those days. SATURDAY flic MARCH 12, 1955 L. E. AUSTIN Publisher CLATHAN M. ROSS, Editor H. ALBERT SMITHj Managtnt Editor M. E. JOHNiON, Basiness Manager JESn COFIELD, Circulation Manager »TT7 aMvtfar Of UNITCD ^BUaHKBS. mearporaMd artU B. fatMfnm Bt M woooa rit“ mmtMr at ttw Poet Offlct ■( ttalMi. Marik CaTsMna UBter tha Act o( Marck >. IBM MattcHwi Ad lima— Immrmau galM WawwaBwa. MaartMr. lOIPA No (uaxaataa of puMlaatlaa of unaoUeltad mata- rtaL L«ttan to Uia adltor for pubUcatloa mnat ba •tCBOd and annftnart to 800 woidi. •nbacrtBBaa Bataa; lOe par aovrt mmittia, nmt Oaa Taar, (rara^B Conatrlaa, HM Life Is Like That BY H. ALBERT SMITH Singing And Religious Experience-II Last week we were reminded that great hymns - inspired songs, spring out of deep spiri tual experience of saving grace and the providential goodness of God. We also took Into con sideration that these hymns deal-with some theme such as God, salvation, faith, hope, love, eternity, heaven. Besides, we Indicated the power of these hjonns to reproduce religious experience and nurture its growing life. In them many souls recognize the voice of God and realize tiuit “deep calls un to deep,” tliat somettiing, lying at the heart of life and in which we live and move and have our being, calls to sometliing deep in us. And tliat which is in us responds, and, and in the re sponse finds peace, reconcili ation and joy. As I write this, the hour of midnight is approaching. The night is dark, the stars blotted out by clouds, the spring-like warmth of the day has given way to a penetrating chilliness; and, out of the northwest, a stiff wind is blowing. You don’t see it; you hear it now and then in sighs suggestive of distress or calculated to make one sad or to produce a nostalgia—memo ries both painful and sweet. That is my reaction as there comes to me the vision of the old meeting House of years ago where we met to sing the old hymns about which I have written and am writing now. How they moved and stirred the soul^ as we sang them with loved ones no longer with us in days that will linger in our me mories as long as there is life! Remember how in the singing of them a church sometimes was moved with a spirit of joy that could not be restrained? How well do 1 remember! But to confine the power of the hymns to yester-years would be to destroy their worth. Their moving power holds from age to age. And that as we have seen is due to the fact that they" are the creation of deep religious experience. And as such have a timeless ap peal for the human soul. Before presenting a few il lustrations of the influence of these old hymns upoa. the hu man spirit, I'd like to cBll at tention to the origin of that appealing old hymn “God Moves in a Mysterious Way.” What was the experience be hind it? I was told that the au thor was journeying in a carri age one night bent on suicide. He had planned to drown him self. A fierce storm came up. He ordered the driver to turn back. His dangerous mood passed. And, then, he saw that the in tervening hand of God had been at work; mysteriously and wonderfully at work, to save him in that dreadful hour of despair. And, so, moved with wonder and gratitude, this man sat down and composed the words.: God moves in a mysterious way. His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps on the sea, And rides upon the storm Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take; llie clouds ye so much dread, Are big with mercy, and shall break With blessings on your head. Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face. A fine illustration of the mo rale-building influence and the faith-creating power 'df the hymn is seen in the near-tragic St. Paul mine accident which occured at Cherry, Illinois several years ago. A Scotclunan named Clelland and nineteen campanions found themselves entombed. Fire and gas were sweeping close and the chance of rescue seemed slight even if the twenty men could hold out. Clelland, a man of faith, tojok charge. "We are in God’s hands. He only knows whether we shall ever see our wives and children again. Let us pray.” ' And, so, in that dark hole from which there seemed no exit, Clelland repeated David’s words: "Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord. Lord hear my voice: Neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit close her mouth on me.” He then led the men in the song.” O God, our help in ages past. Our hope for years to come. Our shelter from the stormy blast. And our eternal home. The men were cheered and inspired with faith and hope. They worked furiously building a barricade against the destruc tion sweeping towards them. Hours sped away, days passed; but they worked and sang.” Abide with me’. Fast falls .the e-ven-tide; The darkness deep ens, Lord, with me abide! When other helpers fail, and comforts flee. Help of the helpless, O abide with me! Their throats became par ched; their toifgues stiff; but tiu-ough the long desperate hours, Clelland led the singing and prayed; “Help of the help less, O abide with me.’’ Help? There seemed to be no help! But these men clung tena ciously to taith and hope; they kept on praying. They kept singing, “Abide With Me. Help of the helpless, O abide with me.” And, finally, those from the outside effected deliver ance. Some years ago, the only daughter of a very rich man was converted in a revival. She had just graduated from a finishing school in New York. She had everything that_makes for social success, wealth, tal ent, beauty ^d prestige. For this only girl, the parents had great social ambitions. The converted girl on returning told her father of her conversion and her intentions to renounce the social life he had planned for her. The stunned father replied: “My dear, you know perfectly well we can’t have anything like tliat in our home.” The girl quietly persisted. The father’s anger mounted. Then -came the ultimatum, “You will give up your religion, or you will give up your home, and I will give you until nine in the morning to say which it will be.” The next morning came. There was a silent breakfast and signs of a sleepless night and many tears. Nine ' o’clock approached. The young woman went to the piano and sat down. Her father stood in the hall way to see wtiat she would do. As the clock struck nine, she struck a chord on the piano and began to sing softly: Jesus, I my cross have taken All to leave and follow thee. Naked, poor, despised, forsaken Thou from hence my all shall be. Perish every fond ambition. All I’ve sought, pr hoped, or known Yet, how rich is my condition, God and heaven are still my own. f She didn’t get to the second stanza. Her father ru^ed in, tlirew his arms about her neck, drew her to her knees, fell upon his own and cried, “Oh my child, forgive me! forgive me! How can I ever for give myself? Pray for me.” And then and there he gave his heart to Christ and became a Christian. Just as that hymn played its part in this father's conversion, hymns have always been asso ciated with conversion experi ence. Gr^M singing and success ful ' revivjfil ^effort go hand in hand. What music is designed any more than the hymn to give comfort in the hour of death. A Christian girl was dying. About her were her mother and other loved ones. The dying girl asked them to raise the cur tains; but they were already up and the room was full of light. The night of darkness was clos ing in upon her and they had t^ tell her. But she was not dis mayed, and began softly to sing her favorite hymn. Sun of my soul, thou Savior dear. It is not night if thou be near; O may no earthbom cloud arise To liide thee from thy servants, eyes. When the soft dews of kindly sleep. My weary eyelids gently steep Be my last»tiiought, how sweet to rest Forever on my Savior’s breast. Abide with me from mom till eve. For without thee 1 cannot live; Abide with me when nii^t is nigh. For without thee 1 cannot die. And, then, death silenced her voice, and her immortal spirit rose In triupphant hope and confidence to enter that world of perpetually where there is n6 more pain or death and joy reigns supreme. If Only We Could Be As Interested In Matters At Home" Spiritual Insight “REGENERATION” By Reverend Harold Roland Pastor, Mount'Gilead Baptist Church "Except a man be bom of the water and of the spirit he cannot enter the Kingdom of God..." John 3:5. Regeneration is a key teach ing of the Christ. Jesus says man needs a spiritual rebirth. Do you realize how this Biblical doctrine of a New beginning means to man? Without this great truth man’s existence would end in a dead-end of hopeless despair. Regeneration is God corrective for the wrong ness in man’s nature. It is God’s spiritual operation for the evil soul of man. There is something wrong with man’s nature. And tills is God’s prescription for the healing of man’s soul. The Bible teaches that man is by nature depraved and sinful. Some would rule this out. But we all know that there is some thing radically wrong with man as we know him. Yes. there is. something wrong. What is it? Man is suffering from an acute case of SOUL SICKNESS! God in Christ has given us the heal ing remedy. So Jesus told Nico- demus that he needed RE GENERATION OR A NEW BIRTH...“Except a man be bom of the water and of the spirit he cannot enter the Kingdom of God...” Call man’s condition what you will—^maladjustment, dis harmony, abnormality or plain old time SIN. The fact is that man needs a cleansing or a re making at the heart of his in most nature. Man . needs the spiritual operation of the soul that God in Christ came to give man. God in Christ has provided a way out of strangling enslavement of sin. Something needs to be done to man’s soul to purge and curb evil inclinations. Have you had this spiritual operation in your soul? If not, why not? Have you been bora again? Some may ask what can I do to PvppripTipp this .Spiritual Qpera>' tion In the Soul? There are two needed steps: FAITH AND RE PENTANCE. You need Faith in the saving power of Christ. You need Repentance toward God. What is this? It is simply turn ing from your sins to live for God. AU you need is to accept God’s offer of Salvation as given in Christ Jesus, the Son of God. The corrupted soul is healed and brought again in to peaceful communion with God. The thing I like so much about Regeneration is that it has the power to change Sinners into Saints. We must surrender. Then we are indwelt by a new power in the soul. ’The power which chants Sinriers into Saints does^^t come from men. It is the power of God from on high. Wise men, philosophers, Colleges and Universities can not change sinners into stints. Regeneration is the gift of God to a believing and repenting soul. Some may ask with Nicode- mus of old..U^How eaa these things be?” I must give such • enquirers the answer of the Christ...“Marvel not...I say unto you...you must be born again.” ? Letters To The Editor - - Editor, Carolina Times Durham, N. C. Dear Editor, We would appreciate the in clusion of the following in the letters-to-the-editor column of the Carolina Times. Thank you. We are preparing a study on communism and the churches sponsored by the Fund for the Republic, Inc. Persons with in formation on either of the fol- Iqrwing topics are invited to communicate with us at SOO West l22nd St., New York 27, N. Y. (1) Documented evidence of actual commuhist attempts to infiltrate the chUrches or make use of clergymen-Protestant or Catholic. (2) Examples of false and irresponsible charges of communist influence on rell^ gion in America. Ralph Lord Roy Paul A. Carter PFC. Hughes Plays SSO-Year Old Organ Greenham Common, Eng. Pfc Edward A. Hughes, Jr. of the 80th Engr. Aviation Bn., has become the second Ameri can ever to play the 390-year- old*‘ orgati in' St. Nicholas Church, Newbury, and the first in more than 75 years. Hughes discovered the organ on a sight-seeing trip recently. After the sexton heard him play, he was offered a chance to study .English church music with the regular St. Nicholas (Please turn to Page Seven) WASHINGTON AND "SMALL BUSINESS” Readers ask, “Juit how real is International conspiracy threat? It ■ituatlon over-magnifled?” a * * Viifortiiiwtely, ittnstloii Is ex- tremelT oritlokl. * a * Kramlin it considered head quarters of international con spiracy against U.S.; however &emlin is but! headquarters of known ene-| my. a « « EqiuUly dsD-{ geroiu ii ■een eHem>l headqnartered in all world’s Capitols inclnd- Inir W»flhiBg-{ tan. Like com- mnaiat arabiUon, tiiia oaupir- My aims at dea^ctlOB «( V.8. a a a Over 20 years ago Douglas MacArthur stated U.S. is a vast storehouse any nation would like to plunder. Many feel it tragic talents of fliis outstanding pa triot-realist are now unused, a a a As previonsiy reported, nation- «Hde membersliip at Natlonai Federation of Independent Bnal- neaa recently voted t to 1 favor ing law reqnlring all treaties and foreign acreements lie approved by both Senate and Honse. • * a ’This sentiment even exceeds that incorporated in Bricker Amendment before Congress again. Last year, despite fact 65 Senators co-sponsored Bricker Amendment, It was defeated White House pressure via under ground strategy of parliamen tary procedure. a a a Few people realise Article VI of U.S. Constitution provides any treaty becomes law of the land, tnperoedlng even state or local law, X • a a In April, 1952 John Foster Dulles warned, "Congressional ® Nitlooal r»UftUoo fli ladCTiartial Bilawl By C. WILSON HARDER laws are Invalid if they do not conform to. the Constitution, whereas treaty law can override the Constitution. Treaties, for ex ample, can take powers away from Congress and give them to the President; they can take powers from the States and give them to the Federal government av„to some international body; and they can cut across the rights given the people by the ConstHutional Bill of Rights.” • a a Since then DoUes becante Seo- retery of State and has failed to further soond tocsin. a * a It is also significant courts have held secret agreements such as Yalta and Potsdam have full effect of treaties, even though not ratified by Senate. * e • Tet in March of laat year United Nations Homan B^hts Convention voted not to reoog- nixe as a fundamental human .rl(ht the right to own property. Tarlons divisions of UN, snoh as Intematimisl Lal>or Organisa tion have dratted some 2M trea ties which weald rob U.S. oitl- sens of freedom of speech, press, edncatlon, of private enterprise, other Constitutional guarantees, a a a Thus socialistic schemers par ading under banners of World Federalist, Atlantic Unionists, One Worlders, other titles, pose threat more insidioiu to U.S. than Kremlin, whose Intentions are known. This other group of international conspirators can win without firing a shot a a a 11118 explains forthcoming Ooiki gresslonal battle te pass Briclvr amendment or legislation alaog line* voted by nation’s indepen dent businessmen. The oltjeotlva win be to insnre that never again can a small group in the ezeon- tive branch ot government sign away natioB’a hard won free doms. The ontcome of this battle will be every bit as deolsiva as was Ole batUe at TorktoWn.
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