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RELIGION/The Charlotte Post
October 10, 1996
The Prophet’s Column
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One day I was called to the
bedside of a dying man. I
walked into the room where
he lay. The first person I met
was Death. You may not know
it but Death is a personality
just as real as Satan or the
Lord Jesus Christ.
I stood there looking at the
man, and many thoughts ran
through my mind. I knew that
there was no hope for him, I
knew that so well. There was
a wild glassy look in his eyes,
his face looked as though it
was wanting to burn up, his
eyes were looking straight up,
not a word he was uttering,
just laying there quietly, not
even moving. Oh, how sad my
heart was for him. I knew that
he was seeing the reality of
his lost condition, and there
was nothing I or anyone else
could do about it. There he lay
being awakened to his lost.
ruined condition. j
There was a cry coming up
from his heart, you could hear
it but not with the natural
ear. “A Cry But No Hope.”
Yes, a cry but no hope, all
hope gone forever. Laying
there dying. Death was taking
him out into eternity, and I
knew it. He knew it and he
knew he could do nothing
about it. Yes, he was being
awakened to his lost condi
tion.
My friend, at death, if you are
not suddenly cut off, you will
know you lived in vain. He
looked so helpless. God hum
bles all proud men, even if it
is not until death comes for
you. There on his death bed he
wasn’t able to go back and
make up for his past rebel
lious life against the gospel.
My friend, neither will you.
You will not be able to heed
the warning when Death
comes. You rebel against the
Gospel now. You are having a
good time, you think. You are
not going to be bothered by
the foolishness I am present
ing to you, you say. Well, sal
vation may not be for you, my
trifling sinner friend, and you
don’t care about you soul’s
eternal welfare either. But
there, my friend, there on
your dying bed you will see
you spent your life in vain.
You refused the Gospel call.
What a tragedy! There on
your death bed you will see
how foolish you were, you will
cry. A cry but no hope. Yes,
you’ll see everyday you sold
your soul to the Devil, and for
what! Satan will no doubt say:
“now I'm going to give you
your reward for all your
works, here’s Hell for you!
What a tragedy! Why go to
Moss to extol legacy
Continued from 11A
necessarily housed in a church
as they would have been 40 or
50 years ago,” he said. “A sig
nificant body of leadership has
developed. It has emerged in
other areas. It is broader than
what we used to see in our
churches and our institutions
of higher learning.”
There are 40 black members
of Congress, he added.
“It used to be that only a
black Masonic group or black
church convention, could bring
together a large group of peo
ple,” Moss said. “Other groups
are getting the attention of
the black community.”
African America also has
other economic interests.
“We have enterprises,” he
said. “We have Black
Elegance, Essence - black pub
lications we did not see before.
They have captured our atten
tion, also.”
“We have choices now;*** he
said. “We can go to hotels,
have our annual meetings in
the Bahamas.”
In spite of all of African
America's options, he said, the
African American church is
still supreme.
“The African American
church has no peer,” he said.
“No institution has presented
generation after generation of
leaders.”
Moss is excited about his
trip to Charlotte.
“It is an opportunity for me
to lift of the lives and works of
Martin and Howard,” Moss
said. “They are unique prod
ucts of the black church and
leaders of the black communi
ty.”
He admits to be a little hum
bled by the attention he has
received throughout his
career.
“You know that it is a little
difficult,” he said. “I am hum
bled by all of these awards.”
^ He is most proud of his hon
ors from his alma mater
Morehouse College.
Woman saves church and home
Continued from 11A
some holiday cheer.
If the center does have to
close down from November to
March, Mary isn't sure what
will happen.
“We have people come in
regularly to get warm cloth
ing, blankets and something
hot to drink. Lots of people
hang out here just to be warm
... we also have people come to
us for help who don’t want
food stamps or welfare ... and
a lot of people who are men
tally ill tend to be afraid of
government agencies, and
they come to us, too,” she said.
Raised in a home that had
an open door policy, closing
those of the center, even if
Obituary
The Rev. Dr. Lamar Foster,
formerly of Charlotte, died
Oct. 5 in California. Funeral
services will be held
Saturday at Second Calvary
Baptist Church.
The Voice
of the
Black
Community
Gospel group the Mighty
Operators during a recent
concert tour of Charlotte.
The group shared billing with
other groups. Including The
Highway QCs, the group for
merly led by Sam Cooke.
Hell? Quit listening to the
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you, and your worldly friends
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“I was twice honored by
Morehouse,” he said. “I
received the Candle in the
Dark and honorary degree.
However, every award is a
challenge and a signal to work
harder.”
And work harder he does.
To disseminate the legacy of
not only the church, but also
civil rights.
“Many of the eyewitnesses
have passed,” he said. “Those
that are still around are more
and more aware of their mor
tality.”
The message, he maintains,
must get out to the youth.
“They are living through
dangerous days,” he said
sadly. “Lynch mobs are being
presented in the form of crack
cocaine and drive-bys.”
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“We always had somebody
from the neighborhood living
with us,” she recalled. “Kids
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borhood, we all stuck togeth
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