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WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MAY 2, IMP
Editorial Viewpoint
The CAROLINIAN’S
WORDS OF WORSHIP
CAROLINIAN WORDS OF WORSHIP
Theology has spoiled the thrill of Jesus' life
by Assuming that He knew everything from the
beginning—that His three years of public work
werfc & fcirjd of dress rehearsal, with no seal prob
lems or crises. What interest would there be in
sueh a life? What inspiration? You who read the
Bible have your beliefs concerning Jesus; we have
ouhs. Let us forget all creed for the time being
and take the story just as the simple narratives
give It—a poor boy, growing up in a peasant
family, working in carpenter shop; gradually feel
irtg His powers expanding, beginning to have in
ffi&rfce Over His neighbors, recruiting a few fol
t lowers, suffering disappointments and reverses,
finally death.
Yet he built so solidly well that death was
only the beginning of His influence! Stripped of
all dogma, this is the grandest achievement story
all. Perhaps more emphasis should be placed
upon the human side of Christ. This, we believe,
would tend to offset the very overemphasis at pre
sent on the spiritual side of Jesus. Books and
isosfcs have been written about. Him as the Son of
Ckjd; surely some writer has the reverent right to
r«sfWSnber that His favorite title for Himself
wtz the Son of Man.
Namreth, where Jesus grew up. was a small
town in an outlying province. In the fashionable
Elizabeth City President Installed
It s* appropriate that this newspaper extend
•onfratulations to Dr, Walter Nathaniel Rid
ley who officially became the fifth president
es Elisabeth City State Teachers College,
Elizabeth City, N. C., last Sunday. Inaugural
eefeshonies began at 1:45 p.m. when some 81
e»!!ege and university representatives as well
sty a dozen or more officials from North Csro
&&#, and Virginia gathered to take part in the
testimonials and felicitations. ,
Dr. Ridley’s parents were transplanted
North Carolinians who moved to Newport
Hews, Virginia, in 1896 and labored with dis
tinctive family success. The late Mary Hay
wood Ridley, his mother, was a native of Ra
leigh, N, C., and a school teacher. The late
John H. Ridley, his father, was a native of
Louisburg, N. C, In Newport News, his father
became founder of the Crown Savings Bank
and, with his wife, reared a family including
a bank president, the First Deputy of Deeds
of the District of Columbia, a businessman and
bank director, and chief Warrant Officer in
the United States Army.
Bora in Newport News, Virginia, Dr. Ridley
liter graduated with cum lavde from Howard
University with a major irt psychology. Re
maining at Howard University for the M.A,
degree in psychology, he later studied educa
Just when we thought the specter of the mob
h&d disappeared from among us, a UPI report
‘'Masked Mississippi lynchers seized a
young Negro, accused of raping a white preg
nant woman from the Pearl Fiver County Jail
early Saturday, pistol whipped him away as
h* screamed for his life.”
Up to press# time, all searches for the kidnap
ped prisoner have been futile. Nevertheless, the
search goec on by special FBI investigators.
The history of mob action leads us to believe
thtt the kidnapped man is dead, and we will
prt&sfely learn this when the facts are gather
ed. If this man is lynched, it will be the first to
©ecu? in this country wiihm the last several
y**rs, Americans had begun to point with pride
at the findings of the Research Department of
Tuakefee Institute each year when it reported
«& lynching#.
Pm&ner W. C. Parker had been held in the
security of % well-guarded jail at the state cap
ital at Jackson until recently. His attorneys
asgued unsuccessfully last week to change the
site ®£ She trial because of high feelings in Pop
liiWSlk, and contended that Negroes were ex
cluded from the jury lists in Pearl River Coun
ty.
The msn was earned from Jackson Ho the
Pear! River County Jail which, is normally un
guarded at night The jailer makes the check
at wpper time, leaves the jail for the night.
There ia no night jailer employed.
Luxury Os Segregation Still Expensive
It would seem that by now the South would
have learned how expensive the luxury of seg
regstfoft can be. It coats money to maintain two
tssOet facilities in bus stations, stores, and serv
ice station*. It costs money to provide two sets
©f water fountains in stores, parks, and on pub
lic streets.
Many service stations selling gasoline and oil
for such companies as Shell Oil, Standard Oil,
Ssso Standard Oil, and so, still maintain sep
arate rest rooms for colored and white. Many
operators do not have any facilities of this sort
for Negroes at all. Yet we notice that they do
not segregate when it comes to selling gasoline.
Surely if * person is not good enough to have
the privilege of using rest room facilities at a
service station, then he is not good enough, to
buy gasoline from that same service station.
We suggest that every Negro car owner find
out before he purchases gasoline and oil whether
he can use the rest room facilities of a particular
station. If he cannot, than why not drive on to
ont that does extend these services without dis
crimination.
Have you noticed that in the majority of
esses whenever segregation of facilities exists
4h«T usually are inferior to the hole-in-the
walls for Negroes at bus stations all over the
south. Decent eating places are almost out of
the question, since it proves too expensive to
provide equal eating facilities for both races.
And don't mention tht service given Negroes
in these eating establishments in many bus
stations. For example, one has only to men
tion Asheville, N. C, Anderson, S. €., Nash
*sfle, Tenn., and Augusta, Ga.
The Mob Rides Again
circles of Jerusalem it was quite the thing to
make fun of Nazareth—it* crudities of custom
and speech, its simplicity of manner. "Can any
good thing come out of Naaareth?” they asked
derisively when the report spread that a new
prophet had arisen in that country town. The
question was regarded as a complete rebuttal of
His pretensions.
The Galileans were quite conscious of the
city folk’s contempt, but they bore it lightly.
Life was a cheerful and easy-going affair with
them. The sun shone almost every day; the land
WAS furttful: to make living was nothing much
to worry about. There was plenty of time to visit.
Families went on picnics in Nazareth, as else
where in the world; young people walked togeth
er in the moonlight and fell in love in the spring
Bovs laughed boisterously at their games and
trot into trouble with their pranks. And Jesus,
the boy who worked in the carpenter shop, was
a leader among them.
Most books about the life of Christ move
quickly over the thirty years of preparation of
the Master, except for the emphasis upon His
birth and early childhood. But we must not for
get that somehow and somewhere there occur -
ed in those thirty years the eternal miracle
the awakening of the inner consciousness of
power.
tional administration and psychology at the
University of Minnesota for two years and
audio-visual education at Ohio State Univer
sity, In 1953 Dr. Ridley became the first Negro
to receive a degree from the University of
Virginia where he was awarded the Doctor of
Education degree.
His educational experience includes 21
years at Virginia State University at Peters
burg where he labored as director of Extension,
head of department of Psychology and coor
dinator of Counseling Service, and one year as
dean of the college at Saint Paul’s College in
Lawrenceville, Virginia.
In his inaugural address, Dr. Ridley chal
lenged the listeners, alumni and students and
area citizens to work toward the highest stan
dards in training young men and women who
enrol! in the college. He envisioned the ad
vancement of the college as an experiment to
which all resources must be committed, closing
with the challenge that the experiment cannot
succeed without our help.
Dr. Ridley, your forma! inauguration Sun
day was just another star in your crown of suc
cess. The finis of your life's story has yet to be
written. We bid you God’s speed: success is
yours, because you believe in the dignity and
worth of each individual. Again, we congratu
late you!
If the man was well-guarded in Jackson, why
weren’t security measures employed at the
Pearl County Jail? Wasnt it dangerous to leave
prisoners locked in a jail by themselves at
night? Suppose that a fire had started; then
what chance would the men have had for their
lives?
We have passed the day when mobs should
be allowed to take the law into their own hands.
If W. C. Parker was found guilty by a jury, he
would have been sentenced by a judge.
Immediately when the alarm was spread, the
Governor, J. P. Coleman, went into action an
authorized a posse of up to 100 law enforce
ment officers including six state highway pa
trolmen and state police. Until we get the facts,
the Governor has perhaps acted too lata to save
the man’s life,
Mississippi has lead the nation in number of
lynching*, most of them against Negroes. For
this reason, Missisippi has become the “laugh
ing stock” of the nation, and people think even
today that. Mississippi is a the bottom of every
thing else.
We blame the county authorities for their
lack of foresight in providing adequate protec
tion for the prisoner, A special night jailer
should have been employed until the man was
tried by the court.
The Mississippi mob spirit is still with us—
lest we forget!
There are paradoxes when it comes to the
whole matter of segregation in the South. The
so-called “Negro's place” is elusive. On the
trains, his place is designated in the front, on
buses In the rear, on elevators the practices
vary considerably.
The truth of the matter is that color is not
the sole criteria f6r segregation. For instance,
black people from foreign countries—if they
have the foreign accent—can pass for white
almost anywhere. This is true of people from
Africa, South America, Mexico, China and
parts of Asia, Yet an American whose blood
mixture is 49 parts white and one part Negro
is often segregated, Does this make sense to
you?
Hundreds of times certain dark colored Ne
groes have used foreign accents and distinctive
dress to pass with ail ease. No one questions
their movement*. Very often the practices of
segregation become insipid, stupid, and asinine.
What the white man has done in many parts
of the world is to Christianize colored people,
snd all the white h* has used Christianity to
preach white supremacy. Miwionarife preach
meekness of spirit to their new black converts,
but not much more thftn that. Jesus Christ also
preached meekness of spirit but He believed in
boldness o? action.
If an individual & A close observer, he will
note thfut the greatest gsink made by the Ne
gro has been the refeulfcs of boldness of action.
Hdw much longer will the United States
keep the luxury of expensive segregMiq*.? It
dbesat* make sodas’
Nate Groups Are Increasing
IWrcn,
SENTENCE SERMONS
BY REV. FRANK CLARENCE LOWERY For ANP
HOW IS YOUR RELIGIOUS
WINDOW-DRESSING?
1. Perhaps we take too light
ly the above subject with re
lation to Christianity—in fact,
it seems to be taken as having
no place, with relation to such
virtures as love, joy, happiness,
peace and grace.
2. But the first thing any
• retail business shows the pub
lic with pride, is the attractive
window display of the valuable
goods inside.
3. "Introduction”, says the
skillful decorator, "is the en
tree to public favor, and paves
the way for the store salesman,
to multiply sales with his busi
ness acumen.
4. At this juncture, as the au
thor of these lines, I am vital
ly impressed with the thought
that, if the following five is>
points according to expert win -
dow decorators, can change a
display window from passive
bystander to busy salesman,
how much the more as soul
winners for Christ, should spir
itual techniques be employed
to gain for mankind eternal ex
istence in God’s Paradise.
What Other Editors Say
AFRICA FREEDOM DAY
OBSERVED
The American tradition oX
freedom and independence
ought, to make the United
States and Americans sympa
thetic towards other countries
and other peoples who seek to
be free and independent.
Unfortunately, as our great
country has become prosperous
and has developed to the place
where it ts now the acknow
ledged leader of the so-called
“Free World,” there is the
tendency to forget the days
when the Founding Fathers
struggled to be free and inde
pendent.
We often stand by without
giving a helping hand to those
who would be free and some
times we make it possible for
the enemies of freedom to pur
sue their program of repression
by the financial aid we give
them.
When the independent states
of Africa met last year in
Ghana, April 15th of each
year was set aside for the cele
bration of African Freedom. In
the Unirod Nations this week,
notice was taken of African
Freedom Day. In Philadelphia
and elsewhere in the United
States thousands gathered at
public commemorative meet
ings.
Senator Hubert Humphrey of
Minnesota and Representative
Charles C. Diggs of Michigan
on Wednesday Introduced a
Resolution in the respective
Houses of Congress calling on
the United States to recognize
April 15 for that purpose each
year until all Africa is free.
A gympetha-tie attitude to
ward peoples desiring to be
free is the least emerging
states in Africa and elsewhere
in the world should receive
from the United States of A
merica “itself,” as the Resolu
tion read “the product of re
volutionary determination to
be master of Its own destiny."
—Philadelphia Tribune
A UNIVERSITY OF WEST
AFRICA
Inspired by .Juan T. Trippe,
president of Pan-American
World Airways, a multi-million
dollar university is being plan
ned for Liberia whose Legisla
ture has granted 50 000 acres
for the institution and approv
ed tqe entire project on assur
ance that backers of the pr -
j4et will spend $1,000,000 sr*
preliminary work during the
5. Point- il» Show your wares
- and this is very important in
spiritual affairs; one's kindly
appearance should bespeak, the
soul satisfaction wayfarers
seek.
6. (2) Define your wares
as the window dresser indicates
to potential customers the
range of goods inside the store,
you by Christian example, the
whole range of Christian liv
ing should explore, and from
your outward appearance por
tray, the earmarks of Chris
tianity's nine cardinal princi
ples, from day to day.
7. <3> Indicate that your
store is a good place to trade—
by revealing the personality
and character of the store;
yes, and by tire same token
there must, be something about
the Christian’s face, that prob
lems and trials cannot erase—
a charm that makes Christ’s
teachings clearer, so that those
looking around are drawn ever
nearer.
8. (4> Play an active part In
your store’s advertising pro
gram . . by strengthening the
point-of-sale pull of your other
first three year*, and many
times more afterward.
Prominent American busi
ness men and financiers are
said to bo ready to join Mr.
Trippe in contributing capital
to the University of West Af
rica, as it, will be called, as a
gift to the African people,
lire proposed university will
be a great center of learning in
Africa where black youth will
be able to gain an advanced
education in Africa in the A
merican way of doing things,
and the board will consist of 10
Americans and five Liberians,
all distinguished in their fields.
The rubber companies and
the mining companies, mostly
American-owned, have contri
buted much toward making Li
beria the economically viable
state it is said, and President
Tubman, being the shrewd man
he is. is unequivocally commit
ted to close cooperation with
U.BA.
—Pittsburg Courier
THE DURHAM BOARD OF
EDUCATION RUNS TRUE
TO FORM
The reception which the Dur
ham City Board of Education
accorded the group of Negro
citizens that appeared before it
on Monday night wae only a
little different from that re
ceived by other groups of Ne
groes that have appeared be
fore it on numerous other oc
casions and that was a flat re
fusal of their, request. Tire
Board ran true to form.
For the moat, part, the City
Board of Education is compos
ed of die-hards Who are living
in the dead past, when to re
spect the wishes of Negroes
was considered against south
ern traditions. The Board will
apparently, therefore, move in
the direction of the new era
only when the power of federal
court forces it to do so.
In asking that the City Board
of Education “make a prompt
and reasonable and good faith
start next September in deseg
regation," the group of Negro
leaders leaned ever backward
in Its efforts to cooperate with
the Board in complying with
the law. This, ocmlng nearly
five year* after the Supreme
Court’s decision on segregation
in the public schools—during
which time the Board has mnd®
absolutely no effort toward de
segregation—is a most mag
nanimous act, Certainly, after
nearly riv* yese* of pleading
advertising; the real Christian
will want to take .cognizance
of this point, that, in his or her
soul-winning business prayer
will cover and supply every
spiritual need upon which the
hungry soul can sumptuously
feed.
9. (5) Do all of these things
with interest, individuality and
imagination;—we cannot deny
that this Is generally true,
when people are paid for what
they do; but the humble and
Sincere Christian, like the bless
ed Master of whom it is writ
ten “And He went a little fur
ther”, will follow in His steps,
w ith no thought of a dollar.
10. Humility and sincerity,
with God. will always win; any
thing less, is tinged with sin.
11. So let us think well be
fore we act, and put nothing on
display w« wouldn’t care to
have back.
12. For you are writing.a Gos -
pel, a chapter each day, by
things that we do, by words
that we say; men read what
you write, whether faithless or
true ... 8a y what is the Gospel
according to you.”
and patiently waiting for the
Board to act of it® own accord
no one can accuse Negro lead
ers here of trying to force the
issue.
The remarks of the Board
Chairman Prank L. Puller,
that “I don’t think we are rea
dy for integration,” is typical of
the reactionary approach to
every important problem that
confronts the people of Dur
ham. It more nearly represents
the ruling element of the city,
and it strips that group of Ne
gro leaders that would arbi
trate such questions of its last
vestige of hope for a peaceful
disposition. There is now no al
ternative but the federal courts
where the expenditure of time,
money and energy wili be stag
gering. AD of this will be done
to win a victory which every
person with an ounce of sense
knows will be won in the end.
This is exactly the same at
titude that precipitated vio
lence in Arkansas, Tennessee
and West Virginia. It is not
statesmanship, it is not smart
&■ 1 it shows a lack of wisdom.
For, had the Board of Educa
tion agreed to meet the Negro
group, not half of the way, but
just a token of the way, it
would have put the latter on
the defensive. As it now stands,
it is the Board of Education
which is on the defensive and
which in the end must bow to
the will of the majesty of the
federal law.
Again and again, it has been
proved that when public offi
cials of a city or state let it be
known that they intend to &-
bide by the law and uphold it.
there is no defense or violence.
St is only when some old fossil
who is living in the dead past,
by his acts of stubborn defi
ance, urges the ignorant and
the stupid on to also defy the
law that hell breaks loose.
This is tyranny at its worst
and is not the type of leader
ship that this community
ought to have when confront
ed with a momentous problem.
This challenge which the
Board as Education has flung
in the faces of Negro leaders
will £3 met with patience calm
ness and Intelligence. W« will
neS be bitter; we will not be
impolite, and we will not lose
faith or hope Sn our cause and
in that small but growing seg
ment of white people sympa
thetic with gw aims and aspi
rations to achieve him.m dig-
JUST FORTUNE
BE MARCUS 51, BOULWARE
FLIGHT NO. 561
Yes, 3sr, Cornyard and me
flew to Nashville, Tennessee, to
attend the Conference on Adult
Kducation held at Fisk Univer
sity for representatives of Ne
gro colleges.
It was our first trip in the
sir. and like most people, we
have been boasting that we flew
Eastern Air Lines.
Our plane—two engine and
flailed "The Golden Faicor
took off at 8:55 a.m for Char
lotte, flying from 2,000 to 6,000
lent, for a period of 49 minutes.
The next jump was from Char
lotte to Atlanta —1 hour and
16 minutes flying time. From
Atlanta, we hopped off to
Nashville, Tennessee, and ar
rived around 12:30 p.m. Central
Time.
The Center for Adult Educa
tion paid for our meals and
lodging, while the colleges paid
the individual delegates’ trans
portation.
You shoulda seen Cornyard
when asked, “Did you drive
down?” He beamed proudly,
“No! Dr. and I flew down East
ern Air Lines.”
Usually jovial on trains.
Cornyard assumed a serious
attitude while the plane was
in motion To me the trees ap
peared small way down below
and plowed fields gave the ap
pearance of slabs of marble.
As I read my newspaper. I
saw the headlines: “Two-en
gine plane carrying 26 passen
gers burst into flames klllnig
26 passengers. From then on I
could not relax. In fact I imag -
ined all kinds of things, while
my blood pressure shot up.
Have you ever imagined
yourself in a plane when one
of the wings fell off. (Boy, did
I begin to sweat in the face!)
WHAT’S THE SCORE?
Rushed in one of the small
stores near where I live to buy
a loaf of bread, oleo, and break
fast bacon. The merchant
wanted ten cents a stick but
Gordon B. Hancock s
BETWEEN the LINES
THREATS AND VOTES
Within recent weeks, there
have been, several occasions on
which Negroes of Richmond
have repaired to the City Hall
for sessions of the City Coun
cil. deliberating on matters
which pertain to the Negroes'
welfare. On a recent occasion,
the Negro spokesman served
notice on the Council that, in
case its decisions were not fav
orable to Negro interests, Ne
groes would settle matters and
even scores at the ballot box.
One of the oouncilmen open ■
]y resented the remarks as sub
tle political intimidation and
made it clear- he would, vote his
convictions without regard to
threats of reprisals at tho bal
lot box.
On a subsequent occasion,
another followed the same line
and drew from the Times-Dis
patch a scathing contempt for
the Negroes' voting strength to
this effect: “Negroes invariably
or generally resort to the
single-shot manner of voting
and in the last elections their
two single-shot candidates lost,
thus leaving Negroes no claims
on the white candidates who
were elected without the aid of
Negro votes.
Moreover the morning news
paper accused the Negro of
trying to “throw his political
weight around’ by his threats
and the editorial was con
temptuous of the Negro votes
in the following language.
“The Negro has no political
weight to throw around” hint
ing that nobody fears the Ne
gro’s talks and threats of what
Negroes may do at the ballot
box. The “warning” that the
Negro was sounding has been
sounded before and the Times-
Dispatch was about "fed up”
with tluls talk of political re
prisals, for it knew too well
that the Negro had no votes to
back up its threats at the bal
lot box.
The contempt which the ed
itor expressed will not have
been expressed in vain if it
serves as a reminder to Ne
groes that threats without
votes are like the proverbial
sounding brass of the tinkling
cymbal. It is exceedingly doubt
ful whether the 75.000 Negroes
of Richmond could muster as
many as 5.000 votes under the
new registration rules and
when these are divided severe 1
ways among Negro organiza
tions with varied aspirations, it
Is difficult to say any organi
zation has enough votes to ex
press the Negro's political as
piration.
When one Negro offers him
self as candidate for an office,
very soon another offers for
the same office and pleads for
the same support, thus divid
ing the Negro's feeble political
power.
Although the editor of the
Times - Dispatch disparaged
the Negro method of single
shooting at the ballot lx>x, this
writer thinks well of the prac
tice if Negroes have enough
votes to single-shot effectively.
The Negro’s real trouble is not
In his single-shot procedure
but in his lack of votes which
snakes him ineffective whether
he votes inclusively or exevlu
sively. As it is we lose on our
single-shot candidates and the
other candidates can be elect
ed without, us. Our lack of po
nity and the rights of free men,
the right to have and to hold
the best America has for all its
citiaens without regard to race.
«?eed os’ colbr,
Tims*
would sell me the box <4 sticks
for 29 cents). Now why couldn't
he sell me two sticks for 18
cents? (Don't, answer, I know
why.) Needless to say, I bought
the box and saved 11 cents
THAT’S WHAT I CALL A
MAN
Police Chief H O. Stephens
of Waynoka, Oklahoma, made
a U-turn downtown and imme
diately realized he had broken
a traffic law. He issued him
self a citation and the next
day paid a $2.00 fine.
(What give, Chief? Doneha
know you’re The Law!) ,
OLD HOUND DOG
Hound Dog has complained
that he isnt’ having fun in his
neighborhood. Well, Hound
Dog, have you ever walked on
porches and patios with muddy
feet, dragging hoses away from
trees and shrubs that people
are trying to water? Have you
ever dug holes in flower beds
and tossed daffodil bulbs out
on top of the ground? tOh. you
have? Well, now, let nm
seeee >
Running through flower beds
and knocking down plants and
breaking off choice buds must
be great fun too, and if a plant
is staked one can keep tugging
at the string until he pulls the
plant up and carries it to his
yard and wrestles with it un
til it wilts and dies.
Come on. Hound Dog. you
can find a lot more things to
do to irritate your neighbors
who are working to have a nice
lawn than you told us about!
(You say, No! Hound Doe,
you gotta go! >
There was an old otnan w> .
lived in a shoe, she had so
many children she didn’t know
what to do—EVIDENTLY. ’
THAT KISS
HE: “What would you on
if I stole a kiss?”
SHE. “What would you say
to a guy who had a chance to
steal an automobile but only
took the windshield wiper?
litical strength makes us politi
cal orphans,
IN THIS *
OUR DAY
8T D3t. C. A. CHICK, SR,
IMPROVING CHURCH
SURROUNDINGS
Recently this writer attempt
ed to point out to rural people
how very much they needed to
beautiful the yards of their
homes and how very inexpen
sively it would be to do the
same. The purpose of this ar
ticle is to urge the members of
rural churches to beautify
their church yards.
What was said in a recent
article of mine regarding the
yards of rural homes may well
be said with reference to rural
churches. Most rural churches
are, because they are rural,
situated near an abundance of ,
natural beauty. Almost ail '
types of shrubbries, trees and
flowers, beautiful dogwoods
and hollies, honeysuckles, vio
lets, etc. all grow in abundance
near almost all rural churches.
But despite the foregoing,
the yard of the average rural
church is almost as bare as the
Sahara Desert, void of any
type of plants and absolutely
no attempt at landscaping. It
would appear that year in and
year out, there is not an hour's
labor put on many rural church
yards in an attempt to beautify
them.
This writer is not unmindful
of the fact that rural churches
do nht have a large member
ship and, therefore, do not
have large sums of money to
spend in doing many of the
things that need to be done,
such as beautifying the church
building as well as the yard.
But as was indicated recently
regarding the matter of beau
tifying the yards of our rural
homes without spending a
great deal of money, the same
may ’well be said regarding the
yards of our rural churches. As
was pointed out in the fore- \
going, rural churches arc sit
uated in the midst, or near an
abundance of natural beauty.
All that the members need
to beautify their church yards
is a few simple tools, shovel,
mattock, hoe, etc., some elbow 1
grease, church pride, a love for
the beautiful, and some imag
ination. They can go in the
near-by woods to any church
and get all the shrubberies,
bushes, trees and flowers they
want, free of charge.
Under the supervision of sn
adult beautifying of a church
yard would be a splendid ac
tivity for the young people of
the community. And, moreover,
they would just love to do
something like the foregoing,
Such an activity, moreover,
would serve, no doubt, to in
terest young people in the deep
er spiritual life of the church.
It could serve to start many
a young person to attending
church who otherwise is not at
tending church. Most certainly
a beautiful yard would be at
tractive to young people as well
as adults and thus would serve
to get more people to attend ;
church who are not now at
tending.
Lev's take more pride in the
yards of bur rural churches
Let’s spend a little money and
a great deal of elbow grease in
tessutify;n@ them.