AND YE SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH, AND THE TRUTH
CHARLOTTE. N. C.. THURSDAY,
SPIRIT-FILLED FOR SERVICE
By Rev. 8. D. Thom, D. D., Synodical Evangelist, Atlanta. Ga.
Without doubt a great many
persons have lived and amassed
property and a good bank ac^
count and left their family to
stem any adverse winds that
may suddenly rise; but for all
that their lives have been per
fect failures. To live only to
acquire earthly possessions in
expense of the soul reduces a
man formed in the image of God
to a beast that eateth grass.
Before Jesus started His mm*
istry. He began with a Spirit
filled life. John saw the Spirit
like a dove resting upon Him.
Jesus did not"mean to say that
the Spirit wasn't in the world
and making Himself felt in the
lives of men* but the Spirit as
the invisible Christ, functioning
as He did when Christ began His
public ministry had not yet be
gun.
Not only Jesus started with
the Spirit-filled life but also fed
it. He did not deem the first
overshadowing sufficient but
knew that to keep up spiritual
i> energy that life must be fed.
This He did by communion with
•the Father by means of prayer.
In order that His immediate
disciples should live and do ef
fective work, He told them that
they could not succeed unless
they, too, start, with the Spirit
filled life. With this they started
and succeeded. Before they
started, they had to prepare for
it by continuing in prayer until
everything earthly was eliminat
ed. They were purged from all
dross; then the Spirit came and
filled their lives for service. iv,<
They, too, like the Master, fini
the Spirit-life by communion and
i4*»yer. Said tbcyi -
" leave the word to serve tables.
..If we allow the material to dom
f inate our souls will be starved
out.. How easy for a man or a
woman to become worldly mind
ed ! Let the desire for gold be
come the burning passion, his
spirituality runs low and he is
committing spiritual suicide.
The abiding of the Spirit gives
faith and holy trust and puts out
distrust. He will realize that
his life is not dependent upon
iucj£ or cimiicc) wifti wtc Aivnw
ing clouds overhead cannot iin
'ljPS|vhis way; the upheaval of
the world will work for his good;
for all power is given to Jesus
iu heaven and on earth and He
can over-rule them for his glory
and the good of His children.
The abiding Spirit gives fel
lowship. There is no estrange
ment between the soul and its
God. If the husband is es
tranged from the wife, or if the
wife has no fellowship with the
husband that home is robbed of
its joy. There is a shadow over
it; and they drift further and
further apart. The Christian
who does not cultivate fellow
ship with God lives a life with
out Christian joy. A life that
has never experienced the good
ness of. God; a life that has no
foundation to rest upon when
earth is slipping; a Ufa that is
disturbed and that is carrying
an accusing conscience.
The abiding Spirit will install
one supreme will to operate in
us. God will become a partner
in every endeavor and only the
things that please Him will be
attempted. This is the one and
only qualification for effectuM
living end bringing men into the
kipgdom. What God gave His
Soft to begin His work, He prom
ises to give to us, to carry on to
.the day of His appearing.
The Spirit makes one a mis
sionary. Jesus being filled with
the Spirit left heaven to do mis
sionary work. The Samaritan
woman that had the living w*
ter welling Within went saying,
“Come «ee a man who told me
all things that ever I did; is this
not the Christ?” As soon as the
Spirit takes possession of the
soul that momept a passion
for souls is bbrh. They felt this
their-highest concern. They felt,
woe to them if they preaehed
not the gospel. When a man is
wrapped up in gathering yellow
dust so that he or she finds no
time to feed that spirit-life;
when he has no passion for souls
that are living in sin and drift
ing to a devil’s hell; when he
has no heart to reaeue the chil
dren from corrupting influences;
when he is deaf to tile groans
of humanity bleeding in the gut
ter, I cannot but question his
Christianity.
Some of the multitude kept on
saying, “Truly this is the proph
et.” Others said, “This is the
Christ.” This is the second dis
covery the people made. When
He fed the multitude with five
loaves end a few fishes, He dem
onstrated His power over the
physical. Now He demonstrat
ed His power over the spiritual.
At first it was the full stomach,
now it is the Spirit-filled life. In
our dealing with men in the phy
sical as well as in the spiritual
they must see Jest)*. All of our
actions must focus to one great
end. Nothing secular but every
act consecrate#1 to the glory of
God, Whatever tends to disturb
the friendly relation between
man and man must be removed.
Sen the world today! Some filled
with legions of devils are scat
tering firebrands, burning races
and nations \Hth hate. The call
is to Spirit-filled men to go forth
into service, making peace be
tween man and man, thus mak
ing a new earth, a flt; place to
live.
ST. LOUIS READY TO MOUSE
BUSINESS LEAGUE DEL
GATES.
v^ugKep&'WiiHite, «air v
23.—The City of St/Louis* Mis
souri, which is to be host to the
twenty-eighth annual meeting
of the National Negro Business
League, August 10, 11, 12; is
prepared to take care of visit
ing delegates at reasonable rates
according to word received here
by Albon Holsey, Secretary of
the League. Accommodations in
hotels and private homes are
adequate and can be secured at
the uniform rate of $2.00 a day.
This rate does not include meals.
Visiting delegates are advised
to proceed to the League head
quarters, 911 North Vandevent
er Avenue where they will reg
ister and be assigned to quar
ters. An information bureau
will be maintained in the Union
Station with Boy Scouts as
guides to direct visitors. Local
leagues are urged to send for
ward to the St. Louis League
at its headquarters, the names
and number of persons expect
ing to attend from their respec
tive leagues.
The St. Louis League gives
assurance that everything possi
ble is being done to see that the
visitors have a happy stay
while attending the conference.
BOWLING GREEN, <KY.)
NEWS."
Cecelia Memorial Presbyteri
an church, of which the Rev. W.
T. Byrd is pastor, has just
closed one of the most successful
Daily Vacation Bible Schools in
the history of the Presbytery of
Lincoln, Synod of Kentucky.
This is the second year for the
Bible School in the church, and
the increase in the attendance
has been almost 50 per cent.
The school was conducted
each year by Rev. Byrd. He had
for his assistants this year the
following persons: Rev. J. W.
Greer, D. D., pastor College St.
M. E. church; Miss Jiary Jack
son, member Taylor's Chapel A.
M. E. church; and Mrs. Pru
dence Emery, member State St.
Baptist church. The closing ex
ercises were conducted on July
7th and a banquet was connected
with it.
Mrs. W. T. Byrd and Uttle
daughter, Myrtle Carey, have
just returned from St. Louis,
.^Continued on page 4)
URBAN LEAGUE REPORTS
ON INDUSTRY FOR JUNE.
_■
Bulletin No. 16 of the Indus
trial Department of the National
Urban League summarizes eip
ployment as follows:
General Conditions:
Despite the seasonal unem
ployment and much that has
become chronic in parts of the
Middle West, evidences of im
provement in the general occu
pational status of Negroes were
reported for June. Because
warm weather was late arriving
summer resorts did not offer the
usual relief to students seeking
work. * Some of them accepted
employment as helpers in indus
trial plants or elevators in clubs
and hotels located in the East or
Middle West.
f \ Gains
A '^significant achievement
was the passage of a bill in the
Illinois Legislature placing a
unique penalty upon schools
which fail to accept students
because of their race or color.
The bill which was introduced
in the House by Representative
Charles A. Griffin, one of the
four colored members of the
Legislature, provides that no
school which bars persons of any
race or color can be considered
in good standing by the State
and that graduates of such
school cannot be admitted to
take examinations for license to
practice their trades or profes
sions. Illinois accomplished an
other triumph in the appoint
ment of David Hawley as assist
ant superintendent of Arrpour
Station in Chicago. This is the
first time in thirty years a
member of the Negro race had
been so honored.
Negro man
was made manager of a store
operated by a chain grocery
system. A student from the A.
& T. College in Greensboro, N.
C., was employed in the Rich
mond, Indiana, plant of the In
ternational Harvester Compa
ny, the first to be employed for
several years in the tool-making
department of that plant. In
Milwaukee a colored girl became
cashier in a large key factory
and the Family Welfare Society
of that city employed its first
colored visitor in the person of
Miss Anna Howard, a graduate
of Fisk University. Here also
the return of three foundries to
full-time work schedules provid
ed employment for more than
200 men in jobs formerly occu
pied by them. Baltimore wit
nessed the innovation in one of
the city’s offices of two typists
and one other clerical opening
was reported. In Kansas City
the packing-houses and the
American Radiator Company
hired more colored men than at
any time recently.
In St. Louis the shift from
white to colored workmen on
paving jobs began when the
temperature mounted to 90 de
grees—a system practice there
for several years. In Lexington,
Ky., Negro brick-masons and
plumbers are kept busy on the
largest jobs in the city. In New
London, Conn., Negro waiters
temporarily replaced white
waiters when they disagreed^
with the headwaiter until white
waiters from New York could
be brought in for permanent
employment. The management
claimed that the patrons ob
jected to being served by col
ored waiters.
The idea of the occupational
diversification of Cleveland Ne
groes was obtained from the
placement figures of the Negro
Welfare Association. This As
sociation found employment in
thirty-six different lines of work
for males and twenty for fe
males. Seventy-five different
employers called for male help
and ninety for female help. A
new hotel which opened in June
employed maids and elevator
operators. - - .
i Post Office Department
nWfl two colored men as
ien| in the New York Dis
colored woman has
bade traveling instructor
novelty paper company,
ill travel : in ; $ie South,
er: New York Company is
g colored safesmon to him
wares, a policy it has been
tnt to adopt.
When the management of a
theatre in New York whose pat
ronage is 75 per cent colored,
diSOOfered.the racial identity of
its.^pcet seller she was dis
charged. Some department
stores in Philadelphia substitut
ed vr|ute tea room girls for col
ors^t in Buffalo the Pullman
show one of the largest em
ployers of Negro labor in that
city^id off a large number of
meni|Many workers have left
the fifty for railroad construc
tion Centers. Tampa, Fla,, re
porteiphi continuous substitution
of wliite labor for Negro. This:
is tr|| of menial workers as I
well jkf industrial workers,
f I Organized Labor
Negjpoes encountered the an-j
tipat% of union labor in several
instants last month, notably in
St. Lqjjis, where union plaster
ers egged new plastered walls
done; fby non-union workers.
There were instances of harmo
ny as |yell, particularly in New
York City where colored motion
picture operators who recently
joined'the motion picture union
were employed in a Harlem the
atre. : :■ V' .
THADDEUS STEVENES, THE
| REPUBLICAN.
Washington,—Thaddeus Stev?.
ens -became a member of the
Pennsylvania Legislature at
the time when public schpol.ed
ucatioiV^as a vital issue. ^ The
passed a biU repealing the ap*
propriation for all public schools
throughout the State. The re
peal measure reached the Sen
ate where Thaddeus Stevens
spoke against it so forcibly, log
ically and eloquently that the
entire membership of the lower
body came into the Senate
where he was speaking, re
turned to their seats in the
House and immediately reversed
their action, a thipg unprece
dented in parliamentary history.
Subsequently Mr. Stevens
was elected to the United ^States
House of Representatives in
Washington, where his political
activities were greatly enlarged,
and he immediately became the
leader of the radical faction of
the Whigs. Becoming dissatis
fied with the policy of the Whigs
in not contending with sufficient
power and force against the ad
vocates of slavery, he retired to
private life and to the practice
of law. .
But, when the Republican
party was organized under “The
Oaks” in Jackson, Michigan, in
1856, and made platform pledges
to most sturdily resist the en
croachments of the pro-slavery
influence, he reappeared in the
House of Representatives as a
Republican, where his great fo
rensic ability and knowledge of
parliamentary methods gave
him leadership in the new par
ty.
He remained in the House of
Representatives until his death,
having passed through the pe
riod of the Civil War and the
reconstruction, during which
latter period he was Chairman
of the Committee on Recon
struction, when the Thirteenth,
Fourteenth and Fifteenth
amendments to the Constitution
were enacted under his apt and
powerful political manipulation.
He also sponsored the Civil
Rights Bills, which were finally
passed by Congress,-, although
they were later found,to be un
constitutional by the . Supreme
Court.
Stevens disagreed with Pres
ident Lincoln’s reconstruction
policy, and when Andrew John
son attempted to enlarge upon
Lincoln’s policy of conciliation
| to former rebels, its was Stevens
| whose iron hand and persistent
determination caused the im
preachment of President John-r
son.
Par. the rights of colored cit
izens/no man has ever appeared
in either branch of CdttgreSs
more steadfast, earnest andun
compromising than Stevens. He
Stood and fought , far. the/civil
and political equality/pf the >ol
ored race, ana the tombstone at
the head of his grave at Lan
caster, Pa., bears the following
epitaph, penned by Mr. Stevens
on his death bed4; *3t repose in
this quiet and secluded spot, not
because I love solitude, but find
ing other cemeteries limited in
their charter privilege to the
white race, I have preferred to
exemplify in my death the prin*
ciples for which I have.Contend
ed throughout a long lifetime—
the equality of man before God.”
WESTMINSTER PRESBYTE
RIAN CHURCH, SPARTAN
BURG, s. c. :
Mr. Editor i-^It hah been a
spell since you have had a word
from us, bu^ it does not say
that we have been sleeping on
the job. We are still alive and
endeavoring to put oyer the job
for the further advancement of
our Master’s kingdom. '
We are proud to say that no
stone is left unturned for lack
of effort on the part of our de
voted pastor and his good wi&
when it comes to the work of toe
church and all other good thing's'
that their hands! find to do. Our
souls are riiade to feel glad and
our spirit is quickened, every
Sabpath by the staunch and
stronjpmessages. presented1 us
through the man of God, Rey.
B. H. McFadden, who lias .been
with us for quite A ^timber of
years.
pastors attend the -one hun
dred' and twenty-ninth General
Assembly. This, to our pastor,
'as well as the members and
[friends, was a gracious occa
sion, and he has brought to us
j a glowing report, not only; of
the work of the Church at large,
but a lasting resume of the trips
'and scenes going and coming.
As he puts it, there were more
things seen than words can ex
| press or tongue can ever tell, sc
I he told the things of greater irri
jportance.
Un the second Sunday of this
month Children’s Day was ob
served and there was-a very
good programme in which the
children performed their,parts
well. We were very > highly fa
vored with short addresses from
two of our young, men*, viz., Mr.
Rufus Reeder and Mr. Spellman
Cunningham, now a student of
Johnson C. Smith University,
who is home for .his:. vacation,,
while Mr. Reeder, has finished,
school and is now. at home in
business. Our pastor, made a
short but spicy talk touching,
the benefits, that, come from the
efforts put forth on Children^
Pay and the great good that is
accomplished j from sUch efforts
and urged that every one should
endeavor to make Children’s
Day the best and greatest , day
of the church year, as its funds
go to take the message to those
who have not the gpspel
preached to them.
The programme took place at
three thirty o'clock under the
direction of Mrs. L; A. Miller
and Miss Laura S. Sartor. We
feel very grateful to them for
the good that has been done.
The offering for sthC day was
$6.16 which goes direct to,the
Board..
Mrs. B. H. McFadden and lit
tle daughter, Geneva* lef& the
first of the month to spettd Jtheir
vacation with their-'parents and
other relatives and friends, in
Gastonia and Shelby, N. C.vWe
wish for them a pleasant vaca
tion.
Our church and Sunday school
will be well represented during
this weeh.at the •• Sunday School
Convention as there are three of
our Sunday school , workers * or
the programme, viz., Mrs. JS. - G
Reeder, Miss S. A. Reeder anc
! our, pastor, Rev. McFadden.
Miss Laura S. Sartor, who is
one of our teachers in the city
school, left Monday, the 18th,
forth* second session of sum
mer school in Fayetteville, N.
C. We wish for her a most suc
cessful period while away.
. The many friends of Mr. and
Mrs. George W. Marion; Jr., and
their mother, Mrs. Janie Marion,
Sr., of Anderson, S. C, were
glad to welcome them to our city
on last Saturday afternoon for
a brief, but pleasant Stay.
While here they called on many
friends.
A CORRESPONDENT. .
THIRD ENCAMPMENT OF
THE PIONEERS OF CALVA
RY PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH, WILSON, N. C.
«v Twenty hoys of the Pioneer
dub spent eight days camping
bh Fishing Creek, near En&eid,
N. C. The camp was under the
direction cif Mr. 0. N. Freeman
and the pastor. Every boy ex
pressed himself as having en
joyed* the outing. In addition
to the prescribed activities of
the camp toe had the following
lectures: “African Folk,”?by Mr.
George Murrian, a native of Af
rica, and a talk on “Bees,” by
Prof. T. S. Inborden. This lec
ture included a trip through
Prof, tnborden’s apiary which is
one of the largest in Eastern
Carolina.
$unday-was visitors’ day in
camp. ' A large nuniber of people
from Goldsboro, Rocky Mount,
Wilsop and the surrounding
country visited us. Sunday
school was conducted at 10 A.
M. the vesper message was de
was hdd on the campus of Brick
Junior College, Dean Holloway
presiding. All the visitors
joined: in the service.
The-Pioneers recently pur
chased a new tent and additional
equipment in order to take care
of the increasing numbers.
The sixth annual session of
the Church vacation school was
brought to a dose the first Sun
day in July. A large number of
people witnessed the closing ex
ercises. The enrollment of the
scnooi was zau witn an average
of 178. This is the largest
school conducted in Wilson
county, white or colored. A
large number of the students
had perfect attendance records.
During the' assembly period
the following persons spoke to
the students: Rev. F. C, Shir
ley, Director of Religious Educa
tion for the Catawba Synod;
Miss Newnan, city nurse; and
Mr. AlbSn L. Holsey, of Tuske
gee institute, and executive sec
retary of the National Negro
Business League.
“THE SCRIBE.”
VICTORY IN SWEET CASE
COMPLETED.
"New York, July 22.—The Na
tional Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People, 69
Fifth Avenue, announced today
that the case against all the de
fendants in the Sweet trial were
dismissed July 21. It will be
remembered that all eleven de
fendants in this case were tried
together at the first trial, be
ginning October 30, 1925, and
continuing ‘ for three weeks.
This trial resulted in a mistrial
and on the next trial, beginning
April 19, 1926, and lasting until
May 13, the State elected to try
Henry Sweet against whom it
-felt it had the strongest evi
dence. This second trial result
ed in the acquittal of Henry
Sweet. But there still remained
the ‘impending indictments
against the .other ten defend
ants. Thei|*et that the cases
against these ten defendants
h$ye be£n dismissed completely
Moses the fight which was made
by the N. A. A. C. P. in behalf
of Dr. Ossian H. Sweet and the
co-defendants which began in
October, 1925.