“Christmas- A Pagan Holiday?”
BY J. M. Little
All the world, both reli
gious and secular is now
hurriedly preparing to
celebrate Christmas.
Everywhere there will be a
mad scramble to make
_readyjor this great world
wide event. It will be car
ried on under the excuse,
“We -are celebrating the
birthday of Christ." Are
you? Let me ask you a
question, "W'ho told you to
celebrate the birthday of
Christ? Do you have a
commandment in the Word
of God telling you to put on
a celebration? Dp you?" I
don't, nowhere fn my Bible
do 1 find a commandment
to celebrate my Lord's
birth. I don’t know when He
was born and neither do
you.
The business world capti
talizes and commercializes
on this event. And just
think, men and women in
and out of the church won’t
—mention the -LoFd^s- name
unless they link it with pro
fanity and vulgarity. Some
of you women here in the
office will put up great
decorations for this holiday
and yet you run from me
when 1 try to talk to you
about Christ. Isn’t that
awful1 All year lung yuu
won’t talk about Christ, yet
on the 25th of December
you say celebrate His birth
day. What blasphemy! God
hates sin.
Listen to the Word of
God: "Hear ye the word
which the Lord speaketh
unto you, O house of Israel:
Thus saith the Lord, Learn
not the way of the heathen,
and be not dismayed at the
signs of heaven; for the
heathen are dismayed at
them. For the customs of
the people are vain: for one
cutteth a tree out of the
forest, the work of th hands
of the workman, with the
axe. They deck it with
silver and with gold; they
fasten it with nails and with
ahmmers, that it move not.
They are upright as the
palm tree, but speak not:
they must needs be-borne,
Because they cannot go. Be
not afraid of them; for they
cannot do evil, neither also
is it in them to do good.”
Jeremiah 10:1-5. Now
there’s your tree you put up
in December. God hates
that thing. It stinks in his
nostrils. I know you will
make all kinds of excuses.
But listen, my friend, your
excuses will do you no good
' J..M. I.ittle
in the day of judgment. You
are going to be tried for the
deeds done in the flesh. You
may say you are doing it
just to give the kids agood
-time; I-ean-think -of -many
things to give the kids a
good time without blas
pheming the name of my
blessed Lord. You may
come back at me like one
women said, "It doesn't
matter just so they have a
good time.” Dear souls,
“when you are baking and
roasting in the lake of fire
ten thousand years from
today it’ll make a differ
ence then but you won’t get
out of your punishment for
disobeying God.
i ucjjarieu irum mis nea
then tradition some years
ago. This celebration is
demon worship. That's all
it is, Just demon worship.
You won’t worship my
Lord with this heathen cus
tom. This event dishonors
my Lord. Anytime the
world runs after something
in large numbers, you and I
had better be wary of that
. thing. The world hates God.
If you love the Lord how
can you link His precious
name with all this revelry?
The Lord is not pleased
with this celebration. We
are told to celebrate His
death, not His birth.
You may come back and
say you want to use this
time to give gifts. I have
eleven months out of the
year to give gifts, I don’t
have to wait to December
to give. And then you are
not really giving anyway.
Why? You are looking for
something in return. True
giving is sacrificial. You
seek nothing in return.
F(fsf of a series
Let me ask you a
question. What does Christ
-mean to you? Whal does
the death of Christ mean to
you? Are you taken up with
Him? Are you? Remem
ber, one of the marks of the
true child of God is obe
dience to His Word. You
may come back and say the
world almost entirely is
going along Willi it. I know
that, my friend, the world
is going to hell. This gene
ration is laughing itself to
hell, everything is funny.,
May the Lord open your
eyes as He did mine, if not
you’re going to hell.
My mend, if you love the
Lord, you don’t want to
dishonor Him. The all im
portant question is, do you
know Christ? The Saviour
came from glory, took upon
Himself the likeness of sin
ful man. He took the body
up to the cross and died for
hell-deserving sinners like
vou and me. How dare you
link His glorious name with
all this idolatry out of
Babylon! He was the only
One that could die for
sinners. So many of you are
trying not to have any
dealings with the eternal
Son of God. This group of
women here in the office
who make fun and laugh at
a born again testimony
think they won’t ever have
to deal with the eternal Son
of God. The eternai Son of
God is going to meet them
at the "Great White Throne
Judgment" and judge them
for mocking His truths.
Now they think this is some
foolishness your editor or
someone else dreamed up,
but there, that sad day,
they 'll see they made fun of
’.he Lord of Glory. What a
tragedy! Every soul has to
deal with the eternal Son of
God, here as a God of
jnercy, or there as a God of
wrath jWhichlSJt going to
be young woman? You will
meet the Lord here or
there! You won't make fun
of the truth there that day.
There's no way you can
escape being judged.
Listen to the Word of God:
"Because He (God) hath
appointed a day, in which
he will judge the world in
righteousness by that man
(Christ) who, he hath or
dained; where of he hath
given assurance unto all
men, in that he raised him
from the dead." (Acts
17:31). Now there's God’s
promise He is going to
judge you by the Lord
Jesus Christ. So you, my
dear little friend, had
better turn your footiilefra-^
toward the Lord Jesus
Christ. The resurrection of
Christ from the dead is
the evidence God is going
to judge you. You may go
on laughing your way to
hell, which you are doing
nnu.' hut that day of iudg
ment you will have to deal
with the eternal Son of God.
It would be so far better to
deal with Him here and
now at a throne of mercy
than there at a throne of
judgment. You cannot get
out of dealing with Him,
there’s no use to try. Look
at the years you've wasted
already. Death could come
for you any moment. You
won't put any excuse then,
you'll have to go. You’re
not ready to go the way you
are, but ready or not, when
death comes you will go.
That’s why it’s so impor
tant to know the Lord. If
you come to know Christ,
you’ll have safe conduct.
You can’t go on the way
you are going. The way you
live you’re sucking from
the “dry tit” of the world
and you’ve sucked it dry
and you have nothing. You
go here trying to get some
pleasure and ease of soul,
you go there trying to get
some ease of soul, you’re
never satisfied. My friend.
I’ve been that roaji you’re
traveling, it leads tb hell. I
never was satisfied until
the Holy Spirit brought me
to Christ, He was all I
needed.
Deaths And Funerals
Ms. Robbie Burch
Funeral service for Ms.
Robbie Burch of Union
County, N.C., was held
Wednesday, December 2,
at Elizabeth Baptist
Church.
Mrs.Hattie Tinsley
Funeral service for Mrs.
—Hflttip Tinsley of Dpar
borne Street was held
Thursday, December 3, at
Parkwood Institutional
CME Church.
Mrs. Josephine Wade
Funeral service for Mrs.
Josephine Wade of 627
Sharon Amity Road was
held Thursday, December
3, at Weeping Willow AME
Zion Church.
Interment was in the
church cemetery.
Mr. Allen White
Funeral service for Mr.
Allen White of 1319 Beatties
Ford Road was held Wed
nesday, December 9, at
Long & Son Mortuary Cha
pel. Interment was in Beat
ties Ford Memorial
Gardens.
Mrs. Lelia Davis
Funeral service for Mrs.
Lelia Davis of 303 Katonah
Ave. was held December 9
at Biddle United House of
Prayer. Interment was in
York Memorial Park.
Arrangements for the
above handled by Long's
Mortuary Service, Inc.
Mr. Clifford Helms Ms. Dorothy Antley
Funeral service for Mr.
Clifford Helms of Monroe.
N.C. was held Friday,
December 4, at Kingdome
Hall of Jehovah's Witness
in Monroe.
Mre. Annie Brown
Funeral Service for Mrs.
Annie Lucille Brown of 1818
Vinton Street will be held
Wednesday, December 9,
at Mt. Zion Holiness
Church.
Mrs. Beatrice Allen
Funeral arrangements'
are incomplete for: Mrs
Beatrice Allen of 420 Sky
land Avenue.
Arrangements for the
above by Crier Funeral
Service.
Mr. David Henderson
Funeral service for Mr.
David Henderson of 1124 N.
Alexander St. was held
December 6 at Huntersville
United House of Prayer
Miss Dorothy Antley, 52,
of 415 North Alexander St.,
died on November 27 in
Charlotte Memorial Hos
pital. Funeral was held on
Sunday, December 6, at the
House of Prayer For All
People. «
Burial was in York
Memorial Park.
Her survivors
include: her mother, Ms
Pearline Antley of Char
lotte; two brothers, Will
ford Antley of Fort Miles,
Fla., and J. D. Antley of
Charlotte.
Mrs. Wlma Pattenton
Mrs Wilma Wright Pat
terson. 54, of 304 Norwood
Drive, did Tuesday, De
cember 1, in Charlotte Me
morial Hospital Funeral
was held Saturday, Decem
ber 5, in the Alexander
Funeral Home CHapel
Burial was in York Me
morial Park.
Her survivors include:
her husband, Buck Patter
son of Charlotte, three
sons. Anthony Dixon, How
ard Dixon and Hayward
Dixon, all of Charlotte; two
daughters Miss Veronila
Dixon and Miss Charlene
Barrette, both of Char
lotte; two brothers, Charlie
Swift and James Wright,
both of Philadelphia, Pa.,;
one sister Mrs. Bessie Lee
Daly of Boston, Mass.
Mr. Robert Glchrist
Mr. Robert Lincoln Gil
christ, 46, of 4310 Toiuca
Drive, died Sunday, No
vember 29, at his resi
dence. Funeral was held
Thursday, December 3, at
Pentecostal Temple
Church of God In Christ.
Burial was in Beatties
Ford Memorial Gardens.
His survivors include:
his wife, Mrs. Cola Gil
christ of Charlotte, two
sons, Julius Golchrist and
Samuel Gilchrist, both of
Charlotte; one brother, Mr.
Sharief Hashim of Wash
ington, D.C.; three sisters,
Salimah Hashim. and
Kabiah Ali, both of'Wash
ington, D.C. and Lou M.
Davis of Laurel Hill, N.C.
Mrs. Edna Davis
Mrs Edna M. Davis, S2,
of 3103-2 Southwest Blvd.
died December 3, in Char
lotte Memorial Hospital
Funeral was held Tuesday,
December 8, at the House
of Prayer For All People.
Burial was in Beatties
Ford Memorial Gardens.
Her survivors include:
her husband, I^roy Davis
of Charlotte; two sons,
Rodney and Patrick Davis
both of Charlotte; four
daughers. Misses Pattas
sio, Sonya, Tomekia and
Latashia Davis, all of Char
lotte; mother and father
Mr. and Mrs. Montroe
Coleman of Charlotte.
Mr. Charlie Brown
Mr. Charlie Brown. 81, of
3116 Dogwood Ave. died
Saturday, December 5, at
his residence Funeral was
held Wednesday, Decem
ber 9, at the Greenville
AME Zion Church.
Burial was in York
. Memorial Park.
Mr. Brown was a retired
Army officer and was a
member of the Elk Club.
His survivors include:
one son, Mr. Norris Brown
of Charlotte, two step-sons,
Jessie Kendrick of Char
lotte, and Charles Kendrick
of Philadelphia, Pa.; two
step-daughters, Mrs. Ber
nice Desse of Charlotte,
and Mrs. Ida Lee Grant of
New York City; three
brothers, Romia Brown of
Charlotte, Henry Brown of
Charleston. S.C., and Mr.
Leon Brown of Los An
geles, Calif.; one sister,
Miss Helen Brown of Char
lotte.
Mrs. McCain
Mrs. Sophia McCain, 74,
of 2412 Dundeen Street died
on December 3, at her
residence. Funeral was
held Wednesday, at the
Alexander Funeral Home
Chapel.
Burial was in York Me
morial park.
Her survivors include:
one brother, David Faulk
of Baltimore, Md.; two
sisters, Miss Lula Faulk of
Charlotte and Mrs. Mollie
Henderson of Philadelphia,
Pa.
Mm. Annie Gardner
Funeral arrangements
are incomplete for Mrs
Annie Gardner of 2652 Dr.
Carver Road who died
Saturday, December 5, in
Charlotte Memorial Hos
pital.
Arrangements for the
above handled by Alex
ander Funeral Home.
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