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THE CAROLINA TIMES SAT.. OCT. 14, 1972
Christiaa's Hardships
By RONALD LOVE
There is a certain amount
of rebellion and resentment
in everybody. Moit of us will
take so much and no more.
None of us possess the same
amount; some can, will, and
do take more than others.
This is not done all of the
time by means of fear.
1 am quite sure many of
you have heard friends of
yours say: "There has been
times when I would not have
taken what was said or done,
I would have done this or
that and the person or persons
would haw said or done
what they did knowing me
as they do."
There are friends you once
knew required kid glove treat
ment. You see them later
in life all together different.
Question marks mout over
you due to this change. You
question yourself first to see
if you can come up with a
satisfied answer or answers.
Your final decision, a change
has come into his or her life.
As many of you grew up
as a child, members of your
family and playmates would
take the advantage of the
good ness of you by shifting
wrong things said or done on
you. Your timidness and sub
missiveness would not let you
fight the issue too much. You
depended on the truth to
bring you through and in
many instances, it did.
People are prone to take
the advantage of others;
especially those who would
like to share in this kind of
living. They feel they have
not the art that is or they
think is necessary for this
kind of underhand living.
In homes between husband
and wife, this is found to be
very much a fact. All homes
are not guilty but is so in
many of them. The husband
is a Christian and ;so is the
wife. They either belong to
the same church or they be
long to separate churches, that
doesn't matter. What does
matter, both are christians.
For selfish reasons, one or
the other expects and demands
more than they are willing to
give in return. They seem to
foiget that they are Christians
also and God expects as much
from me as He does from my
mate. The living is a one-sided
one, one is doing all of the
giving and sharing and the
other is demanding and getting
all the giving.
When God gave the Israe
lites the statures, they lived
by them. This is what they
were accustomed to when
Christ came. Now some chan
ges are in order. They then
"Something Extra " For A Shopper —
Products Give Billions in Premiums
Did you get your $3.08 worth
of free gifts this week?
If you have an average fam
ily of four, that's what you
should receive from American
businessmen in the form of
premiums offered to promote
their products an average of
Jl6O a year.
Looking at it another way,
business firms will spend
about 54 billion this year for
premiums or "incentives,"
as they're often called. And,
because these advertisers buy
huge quantities, they get them
at the lowest wholesale cost
up to 50° o off usual prices
so their 54 billion means the
American consumer gets gifts
worth as much as 58 billion at
retail value!
Is this some new kind of
philanthropy? No, indeed, say
the sellers who run this mas
sive give-away. It's one of to
day's top techniques of sales
promotion a way to induce
you to buy and try their pro
ducts . . . and to give you a
direct, tangible benefit from
much of the promotion money
they spend. So says the Na
tional Premium Sales Execu
tives, a professional associa
tion of 300 experts in such
promotion.
Pell W. Foster, the president
of NPSE, points out that some
families receive far more than
their "average" share while
others, of course, get less. Who
you are or how you shop may
decide You'll get much more
than an equal share if you fit
any of six groups:
1) If you consistently buy
products that give you premi
um coupons on each package,
and you redeem them for gifts
from the sponsor's catalog.
2) If you watch for newspa
per and magazine ads with
"special offers" of merchan
dise at reduced prices (usually
about wholesale cost) with
boxtops or labels from grocery,
drug or toiletry products.
3) If the man in the family
is a salesman who earns mer
chandise or travel awards from
his company for outstanding
sales performance.
4) If you shop regularly
where you're given trading
stamps, and save and redeem
them.
5) It you're s store-owner
who receives premiums in re
as we are now, not willing and
ready for changes but they
had to come. They fought
to the bitter end trying to
hang on to what they were
familiar with. Nor did Christ
give up either. He pushed this
effort on to the bitter end
and the end is not yet.
Exodus, 21:1-36. In Chap
ters before and after this chap
ter, gives more laws. In
Exodus, 20, you will find the
Commandments, the first 18
verses. So all through the Old
Testament, hte laws kept them
until the coming of Christ.
Now Christ has come and
those running things are not
accepting any changes from
no one, even Christ.
In St. Matthew, sth Chap
ter, the sermon on the mount
preached by Christ. This title,
"Sermon In the Mount" in
clude three Chapters, the sth>
6th. and the 7th. Christ is
introducing the new and com
paring the new against the
laws. In verse 21, Ye have
heard that it was said by them
of old time, "Thou shalt not
kill;" and whosoever shall kill
shall be in danger of the
judgement: 22, but I say unto
you, that whosoever is angry
with his brother without a
cause shall be in danger of the
judgement: And whosoever
shall say to his brother, Raca,
shall be in danger of the
council: But whosoever shall
say, thou fool, shall be in dan
ger of hell fire.
These ate just a few of the
much changes Christ intro
duced and expects all of us
to live thereby.
Our sinful brothers and
sisters take the advantage of
those of you who strive to
do the things that Christ said
His father wanted from the
beginning. If you are asked
to go one block, go two. If
you are slapped on one side
of the face, God requires of
you, turn the other side.
Those of us professing Christ,
these kinds of actions are
necessary because you have
been classified as a peculiar
people. You are to do the
things sinners will not and can
not do. You are to love in
stead of hating, do good and
not evil, give and not take
and smile and not frown. You
axe a light mounted high on
a hill cuaang some one some
where find their way.
Roman legends hold that the
second king of Rome and suc
cessor of its legendary founder,
Romulus, was Numa Pom
pilius. He is believed to have
founded the order of Vestal Vir
gins, appointed the city's first
priests and started manv of its
religious and civic institutions.
turn for putting special dis
plays of a product in your
store.
6) If you make a habit of
buying products which have
small gifts attached to the out
side of, or packed inside, the
containers.
All these six kinds of pre
mium will increase your share
of the total take, of course.
But people who go to the store
offering a gift with a demon
stration . . . open an account
when a bank offers a special
premium . . . enter a contest
or sweepstakes ... or buy gas
at a station that gives a glass
or a dish with the purchase
all these are in on the 58-bil
lion premium bonanza too.
Something for nothing? The
experts shudder at the thought.
"Nobody gets anything for
nothing," NPSE President Fos
ter declares, "and we wouldn't
ask an intelligent consumer to
accept that idea. The premium
is 'something instead of noth
ing.' It's part of the cost of do
ing business of sales pro
motion but it's the pari
that's given back to the con
sumer in appreciation of his
patronage. It's something ex
tra that the shopper wouldn't
otherwise receive."
All of this, by the way, isn't
some new-fangled idea that
somebody thought up yester
day. Merchants have been giv
ing customers little gifts for
hundreds of years, and this is
just an extension of it.
The big growth in premiums
began to shape up well over a
century ago in 1851 when
a soap manufacturer came up
with the then-new idea of
wrapping hand-sized bars of
soap in paper. Housewives did
n't appreciate the convenience
of it until he put an extra
value on the wrapper, by of
fering lithographed pictures to
consumers who would save 25
and send them to him.
That plan was a big success,
and a lot of other people in
the grocery business began put
ting coupons on their products
In the 1880's and W».
Today, with rising coats of
everything, NPSE says the pre
mium Idea is more approp
riate than ever helping cus
tomers get a little more for
their money and millions
of American consumers seem
to agree.*
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ST. Paul To Hold Dedic October 29.
On Sunday, October 1, The
Greater Saint Paul Baptist
Church, located at 1102 Juni
per Street in Durham, opened
its doors of a new additional
auditorium to the public once
again.
This church, pastored by
Dr. W. T. Bigelow, is now in
its second spacious as well as
beautiful auditorium. The old
churrti was completed in Feb
ruary of 1966 and the mortage
on the auditorium was burned
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LEFT TO RIGHT-Nezzle V.
Carter, Coordinator Women's
Day activities at Ebenezer
Baptist Church, Linda N.
Ounn, former member of Ebe
nezer—Student Programs Spe
cialist with Health Manpower
Corporation, Washington, D.C.,
Last Rites Held
Sun. Oct S For
Mrs. Branson
Funeral services for Mrs.
Mary Smith Brunson were held
Sunday, October 8, at 1:00
p.m. at St. Mark A.M.E.Zion
Church.
Mrs. Brunson, the daugh
*er of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel Smith, was born i n
Randolph County, N.C. on Oc
tober 14, 1900. She departed
this life on Thursday, October
5, 1972 at 10:30 a.m. at Watts
Hospital.
She was married to the late
Fred L. Brunson, Sr. and of
thfe union three children were
bom.
She moved to Durham at
an early age and became a
member of St. Mark's A.M.E.
Zion Church where she remain
ed a faithful and active mem
ber until her death.
Church and community or
ganizations in which she was a
ctive were the Leaders' Board,
Excelsior's Club, Atwater Bi
ble Class, the Lincoln Hospital
Auxiliary and the Senior Ci
tizen's Club.
Survivors are one son, Fred
L. Brunson, Jr. two daughters,
Mrs. Mary B. Hayes and Mrs.
Edna B. Smith; one daughter
in-law, Mrs. Annie W. Brunson;
seven grandchildren, Edwino
Smith, Ruth Smith, Brenda
C. Smith, Fred L. Brunson,
HI, Ronald A. Brunson, San
dra, H Brunson, Rebecca L.
Hayes; and one great grand
daughter, Felicia R. Brunson.
CONGREGATION AND CHURCH
within 20 months.
Due to the vast increase in
the membership, which is still
rapidly increasing, it became
imperative to construct anot
her auditorium to serve the
people that come to worship
at the Greater St. Paul Baptist
Church. The church was filled
to its capacity for the Morning
Worship and the Baptism &
Candlelight Communion which
was held that night
William E. Daye, pastor, Mrs.
Barbara W. Jones, holder of
last year's crown for report
Before you act on that im
pulse, talk it over with some
one, lest you do permanent
harm to yourself or to others.
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The pastor, officers and
members extends a warm invi
tation to you to the worship
services held at the Greater
Saint Paul Baptist Church.
They also invite you to attend
the Dedicatorial Services
which will be held on Sunday,
October 29, The spaeker for
the services will be Dr. E.A.
Freeman, President of the Na
tional Sunday School and Bap
tist Training Union Congress.
ing the largest amount of
money for the new Baptistry.
Call 286-2233, CONTACT, to
talk it through with another
concerned person. 286-2233,
a Bridge Over Troubled Waters.
First Calvary
Church lady
Ushers |Meef
The lady ushers of First
Calvary Church met recently
at the home of Mrs. Daisy
Green of Ridgeway Street. Mrs.
Belcin Green, Chairman of the
group presided over the busi
ness sessions.
At the conclusion of the
burineas sessions, a delicious
repast was served to all the
ladies present. It was highly
enjoyed by all. Members en
joying the sessions were Miss
Mary Johnson, Mesdames Bel
vin Mitchell, Mary Mclver, Le
na Edwards, Rebecca Haskins,
Effie Royster, Rosa Grafton,
Helen McClain and Anna Ho
gan. The hostess received
many thanks from Mrs. Helen
McClain for the group.
The next meeting will be
with Mrs. Effie Royster, Car
rol Street on November 9 at
8:00 pjn.
6ospel Amateur
Extravanganza
At East End
The Helping Hands Blue
of the Trueway Holiness Chu
rch (Gillette Ave.) will present
the following program on
Monday night, October 16.
A big Gospel Amateurs
Extravanganza at 8:00 p.m.
at the East End Elementary
School on Street, Dur
ham. They will be celebrating
the 21st anniversary of the
North Carolina State Singing
Convention.
Special guest will include:
The Mighty Golden Bells, of
Raleigh, N.C., the Jackson
Brothers of Danville, Virginia,
Big John and the Golder
Echoes of Franklinton, N.C.,
the Famous Jordonaires of
Durham.
The public is cordially in
vited to attend.
Hoßtcoaiig Observe
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Tte St. John Baptist Chu
rch, &17 Onslow Street, #ili
observe its annual Homecom
ing during its 11:00 a.m. ser
vice, Oct. 15. Rev. James
Stewart will be the guest
speaker. Special music will
be rendered by the Markham
Chapel Baptist Church Choir.
Lunch will be served. The
public is invited by pastor,
Rev. L. M. Gooch.
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"Being Stedfast" B y REV. STONE
When one plans a trip from
place to place, there are many
loose ends he must try and
put together. How well the
trip Is planned from the out
set, for the most part will
determine the end results.
Choosing the right direction
Is very essential if one expects
a smoothe saiL Very often
one finds himself caught up
between listening to many in
teresting opinions. Some ex
pressions come from those
who have no previous exper
iences of their own their
tool works come from super
ficial thinkings that have no
depth.
God, our Father expects
us to think individually for
ourselves and in the final
analysis of things, we should
make decisions that will re
flect to those in our midst
that our will is within the
will of our master who is
God.
The' word "stedfast" means
that one has decided to fix
himself within a given stream
ami he remains there accord
ing to the rules and concepts
that govern that stream of
thought. Other concepts may
attempt to be forceful and
appealing to the believer, but
the true believer should be
able to discern between rights
and wiongs, thus, holding to
his own convictions.
Sometimes, one is steadfast,
yet he is wrong because the
total aspects of the rure are
not applied. With this in
mind, one may be steadfast,
but the mark is reached ac
cording to the rule. In I
Corinthians 15:54-58 the
Scriptures read, "So when this
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Mrs. Nancy Gillespie, direct
or of the North Carolina Cent
ral University Art Museum, has
announced that the museum's
next exhibit, open October 24,
will be "The Black Experience
in Prints."
The 30 original prints in
clude works in a variety of
styles
with the contemporary black
experience. The first showing
of the exhibit was in the fall of
1971.
The current exhibit, "Ah
Voodoo," will remain on dis
play through Octoger 16. Mus
eum hours are from 1 to 4 p.m.
on weekdays, from 2 to 5 p.m.
on Sunday.
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corruptible shall have put on
incorruption, and when this
mortal shall have put on im
mortality, then shall be
brought to pass the saying
that is written, death is
swallowed up in victory. 0
death where is thy sting? O
grave where is thy victory?
The sting of death is sin and
the strength of sin is the law.
But thanks be to God, which
giveth us the victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ. There
fore, my beloved brethern, be
ye stedfast, unmoveable al
ways abounding in the work
of the Lord, forasmuch as ye
know that your labour is not
in vain in the Lord."
Paul, a servant of God
wanted to give God's people
at Corinth the right instruc
tions that would lead them to
victory through Christ our Re
deemer. He wanted them to
know that Christ died that
the truth might be revealed
and the followers of Him
might be set freed.
He who hath ears to hear
let him hear.
WORDS FOR THE WOfILD
DOITS' GRSBA'FBS'r>GISHW to
man is that of intellect,' - or
understanding . . . How grie
vous it is to see how man has
used his God-given gift to
frame instruments of war, for
breaking the commandment
of God "Thou shalt not kill"
and for defying Christ's in
junction to "Love one ano
ther." —BAHA'I WRITINGS