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TWO MINUTESa vrm THE BIBLE BT COtNIUU* R. STAM Nit. / MtIAN IIUI tOCHTY 1 A CHICAGO ILLINOIS *O*3S AN OLD FASHIONED DOCTRINE How many there are whose! hearts would be thrilled if they i understood the old fashioned Bible doctrine of sanctification! Sanctification is not a negative matter; don't do this and don't do that. It is rather the positive truth that God wants us for Himself as a sacred possession, much as a bridegroom considers his bride his very own in a special, sacred way. Bible sanctification is a two fold truth, affecting both our standing before God and our spiritual state. In one sense every true believer in Christ has already been sane tified, or consecrated to God. by the operation of the Holy Spirit. Thus we read . . God hath from the begin ning chosen you to salvation, THROUGH SANCTIFICATION OF THE SPIRIT . . (II Thes. 2:13). Elect according to the foreknowl edge of God the Father, THROUGH SANCTIFICATION OF THE SPIR IT . (I Pet. 1:2). This has nothing to do with our conduct. God did it Sanctification begins with Him. Thus Paul could write to even the careless Corin thian believers and say: "Ye ARE sanctified'' (I Cor 6:11; cf. Acts Two Kinds of Justice in North Carolina Every citizen of North Carolina who has an ounce of character or decency should read the article, "still Waiting," which appeared in the July 31 issue of the News And Observer of Raleigh. The article was about the five young Negro boys being held in prison as the result of a 12-year sentence handed them after they pleaded guilty to setting fire to a Ku Klux Man meeting hall in Ben- s on Total damage resulting from the incident amounted to less than SIOO. Disclosure of the facts surrounding this most unfortunate sentence im posed on the five young boys by Judge William Y. Bickett, the pre siding magistrate in the case, reveal that the young Negroes are no hard ened criminals but school boys with a previously good record and reputa tion. Thus Judge Bickett has estab lished a precedent, the result of which will be watched with relentless dili gence by Negro leaders of this state in the years aread. In its article of Thursday, July 81, the "Still Waiting" article said in part: "Governor Scott has extended mer cy, in the form of executive clemency, to a wealth Rockingham County businessman convicted of receiving stolen building materials and repre sented in his clemency appeal by a law firm with unusually close ties to the governor. The wisdom of gubernatorial action in that matter remains to be seen. But the very fact that Governor Scott did act only makes more inex FACTS mnMEGRO '■*£ I zmmMwm iJ @n march Abraham K#MlKltt^l^B UNOOLW DECLARED THAT WITH THE Aflllf AOOPTHt N66«ft VICTORV FOR .MlMl I THE WORTH WOOD BE SORE. HE LVMMRSHIIMM WROTE ANDREW johnson, LATH? |B|liß| PRESIDENT *TME BARE SIGHT OF ■ 50,000 AWtfPANO PRMiEP BLACK (§ARUER SCIENCE DECLARED THAT THB NEfiRO WAS OESCmOED NOT FROM AQAM BUT FROM THE AFC. MOOWN RESEARCH PfJOWED HE IS NO NEARER "THE ' APE "THANTHECAUCASIAN.THE LATTER HAS THE THIN UP6,CTRAI6Hr HAIR AND SHORT l£6S OF THE APE: THE NE6RO,THE LON€r ARAAS,BROAD SHOULDERS AND SOIAETVMES "THE COLOR. UAARMVSOBmSSSfIy, *S»*ETHE ANTHROPOID APES ARE CHARACTERIZED |WB6Rg A 120:32; 26:18). This phase of i sanctification is based on the re demptive work of Christ in our behalf, for Heb 10:10 says: We are sanctified through the offer- I ing of the body of Jesus Christ once for all." But now God would have us ap | preciate this fact and conduct ourselves accordingly, consecrat ing ourselves ever more com pletely to Him. This is practical, progressive sanctification. "For this is the will of God, even your sanctification" (I Thes. 4:3). Hence Paul's benediction: "The very God of peace sanctify you wholly" (I Thes. 5:23), and his exhortation to Timothy to be "a vessel unto honor, sanctified, and meet (fit) for the Master's use" (II Tim, 2:21). How can believers be more wholly sanctified to God in their practical experience? By studying and meditating on His Word. Our Lord prayed: "Sanctify them through Thy truth: Thy Word is ■ truth" (John 17:17) and Paul de i clares that "Christ loved the I Church and gave Himself for it that He might sanctify and cleanse ! it with THE WASHING OF WATER i BY THE WORD" (Eph. 5:25,26). cusable with every passing day the imprisonment of five young Negroes who did minor damage to a Ku Klux Klan hut near Benson when they Bet fire to it in April, 1968. Like the businessman, these young Negroes had never been in trouble with the law before. Unlike the busi ness man, they not only received active sentences but 12-year sentenc es—cruel and unusual punishment by any definition save that of state law as interpreted by the State Supreme Court. And unlike the businessman, these five youths have yet to be aid ed by the governor." That Governor Scott has failed thus far to exercise the power of his office and extend executive clem ency to the five Negro youths by • releasing them under probation or reducing their penalties to fines, will not soon be forgotten by the grow ing mass of Negro voters in North Carolina. He and Judge Bickett may rest assured that should they ever become candidates for public office in the future that their political fate will stand in supreme jeopardy so far as the Negro vote is concerned. Both Scott and Bickett have proved conclusively that the pattern in North Carolina is to apply one kind of pun ishment to Negro offenders of the ]aw and another to white. Thus it ap pears that the two high state offi cials have entered into a conspiracy with the Ku Klux Klan to prevent Negroes from receiving equal rights before the courts and elsewhere in this state. U. S. Tti Become Police State? 1 • —■»- ...... —l* Mrs. Chisholm Says Ballot Can Create True Black Power WASHINGTON - Con gresswoman Shirley Chis holm has called for blacks and other minorities to cre ate a new breed of revolu tionary politicians based on an alignment of all the dis advantaged groups in Amer ica. Addressing the annual pre-convention luncheon of the Council of Urban League Guilds at the Sheraton Park hotel, the fiery lawmaker from Brooklyn who is the first black woman to be elected to Congress said there must be a slowdown of the space program long enough to catch up with tin gap in the needs of the peo ple here on Earth. Crrticicizing the black capitalism program as an other gimmick, Mrs. Chis holm asked for the Urban League and other organiza tions to become involved in political action programs to harness human resources, such as massive voter reg istration drives and voter education. Contrary to pop ular belief, she said it is not the people in the ghetto who are apathetic, but political leaders, both black and white, who are apa thetic to what is going on. The man in the street is "massively aware" that there is no concern for his problems, so he stays away from the ballot box in mas sive droves. Two commitments, one tc a re-ordering of the pres ent priorities at the local, state and national levels and two, a dedication to the belief that new priorities must be based on what is best for all humanity will convince the rank and file poor people that there is something of value in" politi cal participation, she said. Unused Power The most under-utilized source of political power in the country is Blacks and Puerto Ricans in the North and East, Blacks and Cu bans in the South, Blacks and Chicanos (Mexican Americans) in the South and West, Mrs. Chisholm said. Upper and middle class black people and black lead ers in particular must do more than grow Afros and wear a dashikis and eat soul food, she said. They must leave the board rooms of the Urban League, the NAACP, CORE, SNCC and SCLC and go with the peo ple, she advised. In re turn, Mrs. Chisholm said, the boards of these and other organizations must bring in to their member ships young people—youth, 15, 16 and 17, to meet the styles and needs of the 70's and the 80's. "The only way to reai* these youth is by gothg to them honestly and openly expressing our needs and pet with patented planned and canned programs for them," seh said. QwCat^aCitt*o EfcAiHiMTBI Published every Saturday at Durnam, N. C. by United Publithert, Inc. L. E. AUSTIN, VubUther J. ELWOOD CARTER. JidverMQiMemget Second Clan Postage Paid at Durham, N. C. 2*7702 SUBSCRIPTION RATES :t $5.00 per year phis (16c tax in N. C.) anywhere in the U.S., and Canada and to servicemen Overseas; Foreign, $7450 per year, Single copy 20c. PumarAL Omcx LOCATED AT 436 E. Pirncnw STBBCT, DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA 27702 Mrs. Chisholm said these youngsters can be the spearhead of the thrust for new revolutionary political power. "We're tired of leaders who glorify themselves through others, misguided achievements; leaders who okay without thought $25 billion for an expedition that can't even bring oack green cheese to feed our hungry citizens . . . "We are tired of would-be lead ers who talk about extend ing those trips in pilgrim age to the throne of their pagan god of war. As far as that trio is concerned now is the time to repeat a ehant that was quite popu lar among young people a few years ago. Hell No— We won't go," Mrs. Chis holm said. Favors Ballot Quoting the late Malcolm X who advocated the ballot and the bullet, Mrs. Chis holm said the second course is unacceptable to her be cause she believes the goals of this Social Revolution must be the preservation of human resources, human potential and human life. That leaves only the ballot. But the politics that the ballot symbolizes cannot and will not be successful as a tool of the present So cial Revolution if we allow them to remain the politics of the last 200 years. The jlitical life system of each one must'change if there is to be a revolution of the hu man spirt and our politi way of life," Mrs. Chis holm conducted. With the theme of Ghetto Power in Action, the 1969 National Urban League Conference got under way with a record attendance. Miss Anne Tanneyhill, con vention coordinator, said an unprecedented 1,400 persons were pre-registered, and there are 142 exhibitors, up from 52 last year. Two thirds of them are commer cial exhibits, signifying the intense interest in Black uwiirenoss that has sprung up. This Week In Negro . History Forty-thre# years ago (1926) on Saturday this week the educator regarded the first Negro to write a text book for the study of Greek lied. He was Dr. William S. Scarborough who was bora in 1854. Other events of historical Interest this week are as follows: AUGUST 4 Robert Pur- Smoke Quitters Are Expanding A group known as Smoke Quitters International has been concentrating its ef forts in the Greater Philadel phia area but is planning to expand to a nationwide bas is. One unique device used by the group is the "Vital Lung Capacitator" which provides measurement of an indivi dual's lung capacity. A rec ord is kept as each person progresses through the pro gram. A GROUP spokesman said the individual's determina tion to give up smoking is reinforced as he sees dra matic evidence his lui\g capacity increases as he with draws from the cigar »ette habit. 'Black Heritage' To Cover Ws, 'so's in August "Black Heritage: A His tory of Afro-Americans," the series now being shown on 87 affiliates of the CBS Television Network, moves into the dynamic period of the 40's and 50's during the q month of August. The pro gram is shown locally on station KMOX-TV at 6 a.m. The period includes the provocative and exciting "Freedom Movement" in cluding the Montgomery, Ala. bus boycotts and the rise of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the sit-ins 'and mass marches, and, the or ganization of the rural South. Malcolm X Malcolm X and the rise of the Muslims, and, the "Urban Rebellions" from 1964 through 1968 are high lights of the August period. The period closes with a look at the current cultural mood of Afro-Americans. "The Spirit of Rhythm and Blues," the works of writ ers Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison and James Baldwin are discussed in terms of contemporary Black i .il ture. Some of the nation's out standing Afro-American au thorities appear as lectur ers and discussants. Among them in order of appear ances, are: Lecturers Listed Dr. Horace-Mann Bond of the department of research, Atlanta, Georgia; A. B. Spellman, professor of En glish, Morehouse college, Atlanta; Dr. C. Eric Lin coln, professor of sociology and religion, Union Theo logical seminary, New York City; Dean Vincent Brown, Howard university, Wash ington, D.C. . Prof. Vincent Harding, ' chairman, history and so-i ciology departments, Atlan- : ta, and chairman, "Black Heritage" Advisory Board; Dr. E. U. Essien-Udom, pro fessor of political science, University of lbadan, Ni geria; James Farmer, U.S. Department of Health, Edu cation and Welfare; Larry Neal, New York author and lecturer, and Barbara Ann Teer, noted aitress and head of the Black National Theater in New York City. The' series will run through the middle of Sep tember. Vis (1810-1896), Negro aboli tionist, born. AUGUST 5 John Law son aboard •• the' flagship Hartford was awarded tha Medal of Honor in 1864. AUGUST • John Wesley Work (187S-1926), musician and author best known aa the founder of the move ment for the restoration of Security A COUNTRY'that can land'a man on «h» «**» *"*» afford to tolerate poverty at home. Now that we'vo accomplished what seems to have been the nation's toy priority for the decade the space effort lt's time *• turn our attention earthward. The new priority for the country should be the elimi nation of poverty from the face of the land and economia equality for all. The Urban League, at Its annual conference in Wash ington this week, has come up with an economic security plan that would accomplish this. It includes a number of steps, each designed to take groups of poor people out l* l ® poverty that haunts them. The aged, for example, can escape the clutches of depriva tion simply through expanded social security coverage and benefits. Three out of four people live in families the head of which works all or part of the time. Higher minimum wages, broader coverage, and guaranteed public service Jobs and training can remove them from the ranks of the nearly 30 million poor people. But in many ways, the cornerstone of our program to the proposal for family allowances that would give each child in America S4O per month as a matter of right. 15 Million Poor Children Nearly 19 million children live in poor families. More than half of all black youngsters are growing up poor. But most poor kids are white. A family allowance program would takp their families out of poverty. Since every child would get the allowance, there would be no degrading means test. And others, besides the poor, would also feel its benefits. A great impact would be made on families that aren't statistically speaking, poor but do suffer some degree of economic strain. That's the moderate income group people who make under SB,OOO a year for a family of four. This is the group that i« too often neglected. They pay more taxes, proportionately, than others. And often they find they can't clothe or school their kids adequately Many of the so-called "white backlashers" are found in this group. They're bitter because they hear so much about poverty, yet they feel poor themselves and feel no one cares albout their problems. A family allowance plan that benefits this group could raise living standards while at the same tim e reduce racial tensions caused by economic competition. Since the allowances would be taxable, higher income groups would return most of the grants in taxes. It's a workable program, one that would have wide range effects. More than sixty countries around the world, including many that are usually considered "underdeve loped" and poor, have some form of family allowance scheme. In this, as in other social developments, America lags. One Objection Often Heard One objection sometimes heard is that parents wouldn't use the money to benefit their kids. The experience of other countries doesn't support this judgment. When Canada in augurated its plan, sales of children's shoe s doubled in the first year. Even if the money isn't- all used specifically for shoes or dentist's bills, kid s will benefit. If a family could now afford a better house or a more varied diet, or even if family worries aibout money are eased, the children will benefit. Others fear if; will encourage people to have children. That's another myth. No one has ohildren just to collect a S4O monthly check; kids will always cost more than that. It's been proved that the higher a family's income, the fewer ohildren they're apt to have. Some countries, like France, started a family allowance program hoping it would raise the birth rate. But they've been disappointed; the rate actually fell. At a time when the nation is trying to patch the holes in a leaky and degrading welfare system it ought to be replacing, steps should be taken to launch the economic security program that would end poverty and boost every one's living standard And a family allowance plan is a good cornerstone for such a system. YES, WE W ALL TALK ■1 jH Marcus H. Boulware, Ph.D. Beauty Of Pronounciation In the U.S., three spoken dialects are acceptable: the General American, the Southern, and the so-called New England (known by other names as well). The General American is spoken by the majority of the best educated people. Thus, pronunction Is best when it is most easily under stood, and the pronunciation is most readily understood when most people use it in communication. A RADIO announcer, for Instance, should use the pro nunciation that is spoken by tile majority of the educated people of the area served by the station. The announcers for CBS, for example, reach a wide BUT X NEVER FOR&BT A EEESS / * 6*AT/IfA/r?*. ¥tS+n/£c.s . To 8e EQUAL •r WHITNEY M. YOUNG . audience across the rath* nation. Hence, they should use a pronunciation that la readily understood by th« majority of the listeners, la such a case, the announcer would do well to use a pro nunciation widely known among phoneticians as "Gen eral American." IT SHOULD be added ttiat this is Hie pronunciation found in the best American English dictionaries. READERS: For my book let "Pronunciation Simpli fied, ** send one dollar to cover production cost and postage to M. H. Boulware. Florida AAM University. ®*>* MO-A, Tallahassee, Florida 32307.
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