[ The Sunday School LessonI
I by John M. Bruykoy. Sulem Missionary Baptist Chyrck I
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v aroond amy jeflmei w mo doing
thinga thai are contrary to God. Loei
people tad M iHfirimrr to God,
?eretore tbc> have oodcsire to plc<i?<r
"? Mhn Therefore what Ovutuo*
cbooeetoWtavMpwttten. they
?eve! but era draped down to their
God. the devil can point m a pretty
I pictaaa of when the world haa to offer,
eecaeeeeetodeawe M. ierael et then
meed down end forgot the God of
MetrtMhen, eo that the pode of their
?eiphboet looked very appealing to
(hem Thev tun pi v decided cootrary
dray choec' to aerve Peel tin and
Aetnroth
MMppood crops and fertility. People
today are not a whole lot different
from Unci They are looking for
pleasure and an eaey, proeperoua life,
therefore, they will aerve or wonhip
wtmavor it tin to pet what day
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ai God Etiij^ag that they <hd or
mad lo do weal sour. Altera while if
ddngs go wrong long enough one can
net distressed. and that's what
happened to ind. ,
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Even whan the nnamniarrs >M
em rhnaoas comes upon us God r,
mcwif we will repeat God's grat e
? accsanhic eves ska we walk
coaoaryio His will. Even as judgment
was oa Israel God heard their
dutrualhl cry. ad made previsions
far torn The same God who brought
them out of Egypt, that parted the Red
sea, that gave me victory at Jencho.
Slid that passed j udgment on them was
wilting to extend grace to them again
whea people m reedy to tiff* it.
God gave there Judges with the ipihl
of God opoa them to deliver them
Israel would not listen to fee judges.
Ural ret like May people today
they waaiedto be delivered front the*
present troabie. bat let them go oa
living the way fra> ware. God beiaga
loving God been! Israel's cry and
delivered thens. Israel s problem was
thai they looked to frejadges to help
them iaetead of patting their treat ia
God. Maay people today look to the
paetor or aoaw vary aMtoel pereoa
for help whea in trouble iaetead of
recking or turning to Ood It is
important to heed the man of God
when he inetrada ns from the word of
God, bat he cannot save or deliver
anyone. It is Godwho saves or delivers
us. GodheasdlameTs ciyforheipaad
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A lot of people caa go to church
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church if they know thai the pastor
will km be than. The question nereis
^the pastor save youordidGod?
judgs lived, but wW**h?i?Sd,tW^
turned back to the pagaa god* They
became more corrupt than their
(token. Like lanel many paopie today
want to do their own thing and reftise
to follow God. Whaa people make
that choice thee they meat free the
consequences of their choice.
Somaoae said frat the prodigal's son
could have turned amend anywhere
along the road to the pigpen, and have
gone borne, bathe chose to suffer the
coneequenoe of eating with the swine
before he would go home. We have
choices la this life that we must make,
and after we make them we must Uve
with the consequences. If we choose
to seek God's will and leadership ia
our lives we will be pleaaed with the
consequences and eigoy the blessings
of God. If we make wrong chokes
then we will not want to reap the
consequences. If you are not saved
and you choose to reject the risen
savtor then the consequences of your
decision will be to spend eternity in
hell Whet will your answer be? For
the saved remember the choices you
make can be blessings or can bring
disaster May God Bless all of you
until next week.
I Readers' Forum 1
Reader Cancels Robesonlan Subscription
Stating Blatant Racism as Reason
Well, the Robeaunianoever ceases
10 wrr me with its. in my opinion,
ever present bused reporting The
ideology depicted in Sunday's issue
(?-25-$41 nuke tapes like "You Kjkj*
Ha V?feeslUdnecfcWhen' atopbcst
ssller. I would hkcmedtbea* severe!
The ftns to grasp my attention was
Himorv wiHbe nude in November
Nam Monoa should have been nude
Sanderson for Sheriff campaign
manager. m my way of thinking
Throughout his over- vie w of foen fr i
candidate. Ciena Mavnor. he
ooathnmlly set the tone to down grade
and discredit Mr. Mayaor't aptitude
and hbiUty On the other hand Mr
Janus Sanderson was given a Four
SsvsaadTwo Thumbs up summation
WMhai the great press Mr Sanderson
ucaivad you would have thought he
wis waning for Fwridsiu instead of a
b V HMS -s If 1*1
I ? Bm menn s position
While shaking my head in
s in another srtirlanSSch really stuck m
my crawl. James Hardin. Executive
I Director of LftDA, proposes that the
tribal government's role under the
coaatmaUu is bnncally to bring home
the golden egg^and that t federal
fol2uytW>A' oo time does the
as solaly federal recognition
capacities This is fcfr Hardin's way
of r ssnng the buy kin the event federal
|1 recognition eflorts folk IbaBevs. The
cotdlidte! tttd WWyi' tRttitui vt
arssnii of a people aself-racogmtion
and their intentions of moving for* ar d
withou rt^ard^io^the stnlus of^the
wishes to know our newly elected
governs em's vision mission and
goals Urn government's miasma u
1 defined in aw constitution Hod yon
taken the Was to rand dm document
youf MfMW could love bcou found
wifoui foo coufltdutfon pvooMtdc aoc
role description* of government
official* Goals and visions must come
from the chair aad individual council
members You mav not know where
ftsraaaafea
members the\ could give you some
much needed uuigbt This isa formal
government not an organization
When you speak of do nothing
organizations I visualize the Human
Relations council, now defrmct. which
in my opinion, you helped to bury
How persons such as Hardin and
Freeman, who appear to have such
within. Lumber Society is beyond the
scope of logical thinking! I feel they
are prime examples of those infamous
Indian Crickets
Heaven forbid that 1 not mention
the O R Lewis, Jr commentary where
the Board of Elections, member
Mitchell Locklear was crucified,dead
and buned. At no time did Mr. Lewis
offer quote or any consent thereof to
coo firm his allegations against Mr.
Locklear Do vou feel your mere word
is proof enough, Mr. Lewisto condemn
Mr Locklear? The renl truth of the
matter is dmt vou can't handle an
Indian being in Mr. Locklear *
capacity on the board, in my opinion
I fori sure that if Mr. Locklear had
been a Mr. Britt instead there would
not have bean a need for any
The reporter who was sarcastically
addressed would not have by any
chance have bean Brent "Bubba"
Chiton now would *? I'm sure the
king of Dirty Laandry (as 1 think of
Mr Cliffion) must know what goes
?sound comes around, besides you
; have so have feelings in order for them
to be hurt By no means is Brent
Clifton a lamb! A wolf in sheep's
ctodhngmaybe, definitely not a lamb
Those thirty pieces of silver were
giveo to Judas not Sitting Bull!
In my opinion, you, Mr. Lewis.
1 are a most wok of art I'm sure you
would have made Catfish Cole proud!
In your features article I was
appalled to see a photograph which
showed Tom Lowry's body proudly
displayed by the Wishart Brothers
and friend. I have seen photographs
such anfcs at my local spotting foods
acre. Tom Lowry's body was just like
a prized Tea Pointer shot that a hunter
proudly displays It is one thing to
question ability, aptitude or integrity,
it is another to depict a people as a
prized KILL
Throughout the Sunday issue 1
saw Norm Morton proudly display
Glenn Maynor's body. I saw O H
Lewis Jr.. proudly display Mitchell
Locklear's body then I suddenly saw
the big picture: The Robe soman
proudly displaying the bodiesofpeople
of color All of which were prized
KILLS!
I strongly urge you to review your
lists of subscribers I would assure
you that many are people of color;
predominately Indian. I am only one
of these, but I have grown weary of
what I perceive as your continual,
blatant racist attitude. I will no longer
be a financial contributor to what I
believe is such outright displays of
bigotry. Therefore my subscription
shall be terminated With God's help
after November Sth you will be made
fully aware that white is not always
right, black will no longer get back
and Red is not dead; We are Alive.
Well and Votii*!
Wendy Moore LedwtU
A A
Pembroke
BPWs
Organization
, - g . < r
The Pembroke Business sod
held their monthly meeting on
September 12th at 7:00 p.m at
Pembroke Stale University Chavis
Center the highlight of the program
was awarding of our scholarship by
Cieraldine May nor to Glostoria
vDome i Locklear a student at
Pembroke State University nugonng
in Business Education with a 4.0
average. Ms. Locklear said her goals,
was to be able to encourage my
students to strive for the highest
standards passible and to provide
comfortably for my daughter and
myself a good education opens the
door for tins opportunity to be a role
model to my community for
individuals who are seeking promotion
and advancement through education.
1 am currently a student worker in
the financial aid office at Pembroke
State University I work
approximately 15-20 hours per week
House of Representative. Frances
Lummtngs. was the guest speaker at
the Pembroke Business and
Professional Women s club on
Monday. September 12th at Pembroke
State University Chavis Center
Encouraging BPW members to
p?t involved in Politics. Ms
ummuigs requested thai women seek
jffki* ai the state level and let state
legislators know that they want to get
involved
Some issues affecting women have
been shared by various women's
groups with state legislators As a
result, four major concents included
Reducing viomnce against women,
creating jobs.' promote peace, and
protect the enyironmeni
'It has been exciting, stated Ms
Cummings fas she shared her
experience ugthe political endeavors
Her pmsentation ended ?n
challenging BPW members to
empower themselves with knowledge
and skills T
Ona year in NC, <20.00
Out of state, $2500
Second Class Postage Paid at
Pembroke, NC
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Reflections taAtolfaaQratHtett I I
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THE U.J. StMKOf* CASE"
1 keep thinking: "I'm NOT gouig
to wrech that story an TV today Bel.1
ob eevenl different days. I've done
just tint. When this nun was m hit
tepotintly witk ? pm to km heed. I
found myself praying thai he would
NOT take his own life, whather or not
he had already takea the hues of two
other people. So. kke a lot of other
people. I was relieved to hear that he
was out of the car. nncaderiag to
police at his own home And. seeing
ais hct looking more alive has been
encouraging tome However. I would
not want anyone <including hunt to
literally "getaway with minder" By
the way. I'm one person who did not
keep up with sports at all when he was
playing football Until this crime he
been committed. 1 barely knew the
If we are poare to keep up with this
caee. either b\ Tv or by newspaper. 1
perhaps we oat learn some lessons
I've been impressed with the court
process necessary to even bring the
man TOa real tnal Surely this tedious
step-by-step process must be a lot
more fair than many methods used in
other countries And. by the way.
even though there were vigilante
gTOUpsoutwest, including in v family's
Madison County. I do not believe thai
many communitiesm the "old West"
would have approved of "gunning
down" a man just because he had
somehow wronged you. I was!
REALLY disappointed with the way
that KEPT you I was REALLv
disappointed with the wav that KEPt
vou. I was REALLV disappointed wit
the way that KEPT happening in' "The
ReturningofLonesomeDove "(much
of wfcch was filmed in Monm). . >
Wonder how me^ of this will be in i i
The Sunpsoo cawtasalso caitad
then JSL"?aometiaaes kTtte
otkar way wound? I fpiim the
fact thnt lots of people tteougb the'
years have fch ftec ^confide ia me
of yean ago. that as intelligent
professor had been the victim of
physical abuse on the part of his wife
A lot of things work both ways. Often
it's hard to figure out which person
started things. Likely, in inany cases, ;
both partners have done things '7
t perhaps innocently) which got on
each other'snerves. Ofcourse violence
?even verbal) can create a LOT more
problems than it can solve!
I do hope that O J. gets a fair thai
There is still a chance that some
unknown mail ant was responsible
for that tragedy that took the lives of
two apparently innocent people.
CEDMAS AND ARISTIDE ...
According to ad article in this
week's Washington Post National
Weekly Edition, Jimmy Carter has .
said that Cedrasonce saved Anstide 's .
life. 1 wish we could get both sides of. ..
the story in every situation For seven
years I've been trying hard to study all \ \
sides. This is the person I've invested .
so much time ( and quite a lot of,
mooeyi in my personal reaearcn i f
Let's keep the whole world in our ?.
prayers!
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LREMC Participates in 5
Educational Grant
' -
Program ?'?
Lumbee River EMC. in
cooperation with Carolina Electric
Cooperatives, is participating in an
educational grant program for North
Carolina teachers and principals in
public schools grades K.-12.
Lumbee River EMC.
headquartered in Red Springs, will
distribute more than S 10.500 in
calendar year 1995 to teachers and
principals in schools in or near its
service area. Grants will be awarded
for projects in any discipline and are
intended to htb pofsonne)
enhance their efforts to produce a
better-educated work force.
The Bright Ideas Grant Program
developed by Carolina Electric
Cooperatives will make available
$225,000 in mini-grants to support
innovative, creative and effective
initiatives that can not be covered by
traditional school financing
"Bright Ideas Grants will offer
teachers and principals an opportunity ,
on incorporate creative teaching .
techniques in their classrooms without
tapping school budgets and without
having to cover the expense out of _ ?'*
theirownpockets.' said Ronnie Hunt.
LREMC's General Manager
"This isjust one more way the co
op has of showing we are committed
to the communities we serve
LREMC s Youth Program presently
offers scholarships, trips to '
Washington. DC and classroom
iimnmion on electrical safety The
Bright Ideas grant will be a great '
addition to our program." said
Maiketmg Manager. Alan Smith. "We ''
hope to have the applications
distributed to area principals in the
first week of October."
Lumbee River serves more than
36.000 members in Robeson.
Cumberland. Hoke and Scotland
counties
of Lumber Bridge. Inc. H *'/?
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The Intertribal Council of Elders
^ is looking for members from al' Carolina tribes,
^ groups, and bands to aid in Traditional Heritage,
> Cultural, Spiritual Gatherings.
| For More information call SpottedTurtle at (910)
52 M178, PaintedTbrtle at (910) 521-0020 or Wild
Turkey at (910) 521-2826. Or write in care of the
Carolina Indian Yoke, P.O. Box 1075, Pembroke,
NC 28372. Fax (910) 521-1975.