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2A —THE CAROLINA TIMES SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1970 Che Carwma Cimcs EDITORIALS Time For Greater Cooperation Despite imperfections, of which we •re constantly reminded, the U. S. has preserved the basic freedoms of the in dividual and produced greater material wealth and distributed it more evenly among a vast population than any other nation ever dreamed of doing. Dnspite the obvious success of the U. S. economic system, many of our elected representatives and govern mental agencies spend a deplorable amount of energy throwing barriers in the way of the successful operation of major U. S. enterprises. American business and industry, carrying unpre cedented burdens of taxation, regula tion, investigation, material and labor costs must compete for business in the open marketplace with the more fa vored firms of other lands. Mr. Robert C Wilson, a top official of North American Rockwell Corporation, comments on this situation: "Our industrial base lias been the source of America's strength and the envy of every other nation on earth. Unless we take joint government-industry ac tion to preserve that strength, how ever, we will lose out to those coun tries where government and industry Primer For Air Travel It is important for each of us to seek new ways to enrich our under standing of this fast changing world. Something new for tens of millions of people would be the experience of flight in a modern jetliner. An advertisement appearing in the August issue of The Reader's Digest will be particularly useful and perti nent to successful living in the jet age since it provides the answers to ques tions which people who have never flown generally have about air travel. To the question, "Is it safe?", the Digest points out that you are 24 times safer in a jetliner than you are riding an equal distance in the family car. Another question that many peo ple have is, "Does it cost a lot"., The answer is no. Two hours on a quiet, roomy, jetliner costs a family a good deal less than two days of nervous strain and hard driving in the FACTS ABOUT THE NEGRO COM?UNTIL MM. IS ENTIRELY FALSE. HE CAME WITH THE SPANIARDS TO FLORIOA AND FOR THE NEXT 100 VEARS HBUPEC> PIONCBR AS FLAR WEST AS KANSAS AND CALIFORNIA AND NORTH TO VIRGINIA. BSTBVANICO, A B£ ?RO, LEO TME EX PBOMON THAT DISCOVERED ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO. OF BOS TO 133, LEGALISED • «%€! MARRIAGE BETWEEN WHITE ZJDBKFT AND BLACK IN OBRMAN ' AFRICA/THBREOV RAISING HJHP®& ■ TMB 6THTUS OF THE NBFIRO B IBIVLL WOMEN WHO SBFOWBTHIS 1 |F; ACNONWBRE ONLY CON- . - . BMMETT AY SCOTT OAMIP FPUCATOR. AUTHOR, AND JFIGSSR SasKasW' sssassss.'s»• «»>»» UMIWL SBORBTARVF NATIONAL NB6RO BUSINESS LEAGUE. MEMBER, MATIOHALCOMMITTEE, IM WORLP I 1 T —=R= work together. Historically, many businessmen have felt that 'the best government is the least government,' and government seems to have eyed business as some tiling to be con trolled, regulated, and taxed. These attitudes must be a source of great comfort to our foreign competitors." He notes that Japan's phenomenal industrial growth rate of nearly 25 percent per year has been die, in great measure, to an intelligent and industrious people, but also, in part, to the cooperation and support which the Japanese government extends to business and industrial enterprise in tliat country. Mr. Wilson suggests that a high level commission, made up of key industrialists and members of Con gress, should be established for the express purpose of assuring the viabil ity of American industry in the high ly competitive international market. When it comes to encouraging the productive achievement of their citi zens, many foreign nations have taken a leaf out of the handbook of U. S. economic success. It seems about time we got it back. family car. For those with physical handicaps, air travel is actually many, times more comfortable than any other form of transport. A phone call to any airline will get you all the information you want on schedules and service to any point in the world. The Digest piece even tells you what to do at the airport from curb side to reserved seat in the airplane. To the final question, "Is it really as great as they say?," the answer is yes. The silver wings of the jet age are a magic carpet within the financial reach of just about everyone. The ease and economy with which they can move you or your family to far away places on business or pleasure cannot be imagined. The horizon broadening and personally rewarding travel op portunities of the jet age must be experienced to be appreciated. This Is One Job That Only You Can Dol DOING IS THE me AT THING. / I FORK RESOLUTELY, PEOPLE / | Wfc>Kt Yl> I DO WHAT IS RIGHT, IN TIME ./ "' ,U V 1" ' V WfK COME TO LIKE OdHOTEjr \ /SELF-HELP SELF-IMPROVEMENT \ I SELF-DETERMINATION \ COMMUNITY CONTROL \ mfc-i Weekly Sunday For August 23, 1970 YOUR BIBLE IS YOUR MAJOR TEXTBOOK: STUDY IT AN ADVENTURE IN FAITH Scripture: Genesis 12: 1-3, 7; 22: 1-8; Devotional Reading: Ro mans 4: 13-25. Memory Selection: Abraham be lieved God, and it was reckon ed to him as righteousness. Ro mans 4: 3. 1. Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, -and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: 2. And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 3. And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curseth thee; and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. 7. And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land; and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. 1. And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. 2. And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. 3. And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. 4. Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. 5. And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. 6. And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them to gether. 7. And Isaac spake unto Abra ham his father, and said, My fa ther.: and he said. Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? 8. And Abraham said. My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering; so they went both of them together. FOREWORD: The call which Abram received, whether spo ken in a dream or not, was very clearly articulated. The summons called upon him to emigrate from Ur, and was regarded by Abram to be Divine; and so is the gospel invitation, which through the medium of a written word has been conveyed to men, essentially a message from the lips of God. The Divine has many ways in which He puts his hand upon men. Abram's call was outstanding and selective coming to him alone of all the members of Terah's family, of all the de scendants of the line of Shem, of all the citizens of Ur, of all the inhabitants of earth. And, the gospel invitation which men now receive, is differentiating and elective, addressing itself to one individual and allowing another to remain uncheered by the joy ful sound. In each case of sur ender to the challenge of serv ice, and the perils encountered, we are kept by an unswerving faitA in God. LESSON OUTLINED: I. Divine Call. Vss. 1-3. 11. God's Prom ises. Vs. 7. 111. The Trial of Faith. Vss. 1-8. CENTRAL THOUGHT: The Di vide does not work apart from the human, but with it, and by it. COMMENTS ON LESSON: I. Divine Call: "Now the Lord God had said unto Abraham, Get thee out of thy country," etc. The record of Abraham's life is second only in beautiful simplic ity to that of Christ. There are certain correspondences between the two. Abraham's summons was from the Lord. It was ex plicit. He was to leave all. It was unmistakable, and it was also re peated. Such calls are general ly opposed to carnal inclina tions. Dangers beset the one who should respond to the call, for at tHfe beginning, God did not tell Abram where he was sending him. His movement would be, and was, an adventure of faith. But the sublime faith of the patriarch was unshakable: he looked for "a city that had foun dations, whose builder and mak er was God." 11. God's Promises: "And thou shall be a blessing ... and unto thy seed will I give this land." This is a part of the sixfold promise given to Abraham. He was to be a blessing to all na tions. It is a very great joy to a devout soul to become a bless ing temporally or spiritually to others. Every man of faith is a center of blessing. Men who yield to their carnal natures can not bless others. The Christian should not incidentally, but in tentionally, bless others. Where a man is corrupt his working will be injurious; purity is a bene diction to mankind. A faithful man is a blessing chiefly to those who can receive his influence. The light of the sun causes one substance to de cay, another to fructify or be fruitful. The life of a servant of God may only provoke a sneer and opposition in some souls; but in others, joy, thankfulness, love, and effort at imitation. The measure of our faith is the meas ure of the blessings we shall transmit to others. We some times hinder the operation of God's promise by our self-right eous humility, which ignores the fact that God often uses the "weak things of the world to confound the things that are mighty." Also, there must be faith in God's continued work ing. He can make the future fruitful in proportion to our faith. Look at what he made of Paul, Luther, Wesley, and Whitfield and others; because they were all men of strong faith. 111. The Trial of Faith: "Now I know that thou fear est God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me." Abraham's great faith was CkCojSVlhM fPBBBBSBmSf Published every Saturday at Durham, N.C. by United Publishers, Inc. L. E. AUSTIN, Publisher-Editor CLARENCE BONNETTE Businesa Manas*' I J. ELWOOD CARTER Advertising Manger Second Class Postage Paid at Durham, N. C. 17709 SUBSCRIPTION BATES United States and Canada 1 Year 96.00 United States and Canada 2 Yean $ll.OO Foreign Countries 1 Year $7.60 Single Copy 20 Cents Principal Office Located at 436 E RetUgrew Street, Durham, North Carolina 27702 » tested. He was to be the head of the faithful and type of the jus tified, therefore it was essential he should be tested. Entire obe dience is the test of perfect faith. Abraham had shown his faith when he left his own land, and when be waited patiently for a son; now be was called upon to show it in a different way. In two former testings he had a promise to rest on; now he must go far without any promise to buoy him up in the perplexing sea of trial. But, one may ponder the sublimity of Ab braham's faith. He was called upon to "Take now thy son," etc. This was agony, but some how, by faith, the patriach felt that God would see him through this ordeal. "My son, the Lord will provide!" And, the almighty God did provide a ram in the thicket, that would be used as the sacrifice, instead of his "only son." God went a step farther with us, he gave his only Son. FOR MEDITATION SIDELIGHTS ON LE880N: Moral and Spirits al Excellence Only he who made the human heart can adequately search it; and he alone who has a perfect understanding of the standard of moral and spiritual excellence can pronounce upon the intrinsic worth of his creatures. After all that had preceded, it might have been anticipated that not only were the patriarch's trials over, but that the need for such discipline in his case no longer existed. It shows that nei ther length of years nor ripeness of grace, neither conscious en joyment of Divine favor nor pre vious experience of suffering, can exempt from trial or place beyond the need of testing; and that mostly "temptations" come at unexpected times, and in un looked-for ways. If trials are to be efficient they must be graduated to the strength of those they design to test. Only a temptation of great force could be of service in the case of moral heroism like Ab raham's. The intensity of the strain put upon his soul by the astounding order to make a holo caust of Isaac, simply baffles description. Even on the supposi tion that Abraham was not un familiar with the practice of of fering human victims, as it pre vailed among the Canaanites and early Chaldeans. Painful doubt must have insinuated itself into his mind, as to the character of Jehovah, who in making such a barbarous and inhuman demand might seem little superior to the heathen deities around. However, Abraham's faith en abled him to consent to this painful act of self-immolation with unhesitating promptitude. "Abraham rose up early in the morning ... and went unto the place of which God had told him." ■ To Be EQUAL ■y WHITNEY M. YOUNG Myths About ONE of the biggest myths around these days is that there is a "silent majority" of Americans that supports the war and is against social reforms. The center of the so-called silent majority is the white working class. Blue-collar workers who wave the flag and try to keep blacks out of their schools, neighborhoods, and unions, are portrayed as typical by the press and by political pundits. But there is at least as much evidence to show that these white workers are hurting today, and that a lot of the bigotry some people show is but a symptom of their social and economic frustrations. If this is so, then there is a good chance that blacks and whites can climb over the racial barriers to support programs of common interest. White workers have the voting power and the unified institutions such as trade unions, churches, and ethnic associations that could make them valuable allies in the fight for a better society. Of course, getting through to some groups is no easy job. They've been fighting against their own interests for so long that a massive educational job is necessary. Just look at so many poor whites in the South, for example, who could be living much better lives today if they fought shoulder-to shoulder alongside of their black brothers against the system that oppresses them both. Working People Suffering But the white working class today is no silent mass it is increasingly restless. It suffers from the rising cost of living, from unemployment, expensive and inadequate medi cal care, crime, lack of decent housing, and all the other problems that hit black people, too. It may give lip service to the war, but how long will it willingly send its sons to be killed for a cause it can't pos sibly understand? If it can be made to see that this ill considered war is costing it economic security as well as; the lives of its children it may be willing to see that real patriot ism demands an end to the slaughter. Young factory workers are different, too. News reports indicate that they are more restive, less willing to take orders, angry at boring, meaningless work, and no longer subject to union discipline and loyalty. Just as we have seen that there is a new breed of student, so too is there a new breed of worker. He's far less rigid, anc might be willing to strike a coalition with blacks if that is the way he can get the system to respond to his needs. There was a time when a truck driver and a hippie were seen as mutual enemies, and beating up on long-haired kids was considered a sport. But the recent teamsters' strike out West brought students and drivers together and the wo kers got a new understanding of the kids, and appreciated their support- Because the two groups had mutual aims, they were able to overcome mutual suspicions and hatreds. Ethnic-groups too, can unite on issues. Italian-Americans recently demonstrated against what they called police harass ment in New York. Well, blacks have been protesting police actions for a long time. Surely, if other groups feel the crunch, they will be in a better position to understand what blacks and other minorities have been saying all these years. Help Needed For Both Races About 70 million people live in families that earn be tween $5-10,000 a year. Most are white- When blacks call for economic reconstruction 'the aocMffy to biuig betjar-ftyidi- . tions to poor and moderate income people, they are calling £ for measures that will help all those white people, too. Economic security, meaningful jobs, expanded housing and medical programs, better schools, op«en admission to col leges all these are measures black people are fighting for and are measures that will benefit most white people. Many people in the Administration seem to be appealing to the bigotry end the ugly frustrations of that "silent major ity." But you can't fool all the pedpde all the time and sooner or later white workers are going to see where the action really is, and hopefully, they won't trade their lives and economic security for petty hatreds. Now is the time for a massive educational campaign to be launched tjv civil rights groups and especially by white liberals, unionists, churches, and ethnic associations to forge the coalitions that will channel the aimless frustrations of white workers into action to make this a better society for all of us. Christian Leadership (By DONALD LOVE) # In our society, we have many professions. There are physicians, lawyers, and busi nessmen just to mention a few. The physicians are dedi cated to their profession to the extent that they do not want to lose a patient, the same is true #ith lawyers in regard to their clients. Can our Christian leaders make the same statement? Are they as interested in seeing that sould are saved as a lawyer is about a client in court? If this isn't the case with our Christian leaders, then something is definitely wrong in this field. "If one can chase a thou sand, two can put ten thou sand to flight." Why do we have so much violence, mur dering and immoral acts in our society? God forbid. When Man learns to carry out God's program the way , God inlands, rather than using his ideas, the world's problems ONE hundred and twenty nine yean ago (1841) lon Tuesday of this week the first' Negro to serve In the Indiana Legislature was born. He was James M. Towns end who served as a ' minister and teacher. l(r. Townsend died in 1913. AUGUST If John 8. Leary, a leader of unusual ability, integrity and versa tilltyv was born in 1884. Archibald Henry Grlmke ■ v will soon be overcome. The word "faith" is so mis takingly used and practiced, it has become just a word, we live by faith. Christian living today is not any better than non-Christian living and this is why Christian leadership has lost it's saving power. We possess the characteris tic of human beings, we want to win rather than lose. The Christian family is one team and the non-Christian family is another. It is very important, necessary and imperative for us to make a decision on which of the two teams we are to play. As for me, I am a member on the Christian team and with my faith in this team, we are going to win. I am willing to make all the necessary sacrifices required to be a part of a member of this team. I do hope and pray many more of you are willing to make sacrifices to become a member so that good and sound leadership can and will be established. ' (1848-1080), lawyer, Journal ist and U.S. Consul to Santo > Domingo, born. AUGUST 18 Hannibal was accompanied by Ne groes on an exhibition 118 BC AUGUST 88 Twenty Ne-'' ~ groes were brought to Jamestown in 1818. AUGUBT 21 Nat Turn ! er's insurrection occurred in 1831 in Southampton county, ! Va. ' .1 «— a
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