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By Riy. 8. D. Thom, D. D.
Synodical Evangelist
When Charles Lindbergh
started his non-stop flight from
New York to Paris in his mono
plane, “The Spirit St. Louis/’
with a few sandwiches, without
a radio outfit, with 448 gallons
of gasoline Weighing 3,584
pounds besides his own weight
and the weight of oil and other
instruments he was called the
“Flying Fool/’ It was thought
his plane coukf hardly have lift
ed itself froin the ground and
escaped the entanglements of
telegraph poles and trees, never
theless he rose higher and high
er, sailing over and under clouds
aiid sleet storms and at last
landed at Paris with victory on
his lips, “I did it.” He demon
strated the inward power that
lodged in his soul and today the
world is singing his praise, and
the nobility of Europe and Amer
ica are vieing to honor the hero
of air, sea and land.
To convince the world of the
lifting power of prayer and how
attained it was necessary for
Jesus to demonstrate the inward
power gained through prayer.
“And straightway Jesus con
strained his disciples to get into
a ship and go before him unto
the other side while he sent tne
multitude away. And when he
had sent the multitude away, he
went up into a mountain apart
to pray. And on the fourth
watch of the night Jesus went
unto them, walking on the sea.”
Prayer to lift must give out.a
faith that will grAsp God with
the grip of a bulldog when eyes,
ears—the senses are closed to
physical^imitations, when one is
constrained to believe by an in
ward tfrOTarisSj
him. This faith is not gained
by any sudden flight but by a
steady upward climb of the soul
as seeing Him who is invisible.
Prayer deals with spiritual val
ues and it is the only means to
come in possession of them. Men
of old discovered this power to
lift in the spirit world and dis
carded the things of time and
sense to get hold of it. “By faith
Moses choosing rather to suffer
affliction with the people of God
than to enjoy the pleasure of sin
for a season.”
It causes the soul to become
conscious of a never-failing pow
er at its command. Man is so
constituted that he does not do
much unless he is conscious of
the possibility. The air is con
quered because daring spirits
believed and became conscious
that it could be done. In the
spirit-world when the human
soul by communion with God be
comes conscious that the power
of the Eternal is at his command
soul-energy is set in motion to
prove the truthfulness of the
promise. “If ye have faith as a
grain of mustard seed, ye might
say unto this sycamine tree, Be
thou plucked up by the root and
be thou planted in the sea; and
it should obey you.”
Will venture to ao me impu»
sible. Jesus walked on the wa
ter and was upheld by a strange
power. The water did not con
geal under his feet, for the bil
lows were dashing as usual, to
convince every doubter that this
power is transferable, that it
can be in the command of the
humblest saint, if he or she ful
fils the condition. So surprised
was Peter when he saw Jesus
walking upon the water, that He
said “If it be thou, bid me come
unto thee on the water. And he
Sd, Come." And when Peter
was come down out of the ship,
he walked on the water to go to
7esu,” The same power that
kept Jesus from sinking held
Peter also, Jesus ventured to
do the impossible, strengthened
by prayer on the mountain top
with his Father; through Jesus
Peter did the same thing.
To get this power to do the
impossible connection with God
must be made. “Abide in me, and
I in you." Jesus made His abode
in the Father, fellowship and
companionship were sweet and
He told His disciples and us, if
we are -to realize the uplifting
power of prayer to do wonders
in His name we must tarry at
the foot of the cross in prayer to
Receive power after that the
Holy Spirit is come upon us.
Theer is a Pentecost for all who
wait and expect the blessing.
It is lifting upon a higher
plane in the realm of the Spirit
making one to become a super
man. Hero worship in the phy
sical world will never, die; lor
when one does the extraordina
ry, the thrill like a cannon ba|l
goes bouncing through one.
the transfiguration, Peter,
James and John had a view of
the benefit of living in that high
plane of the Spirit. It was at the
time Jesus was praying that He
was lifted out of the ordinary,
ard glory broke out from the
inside; his raiment became ex
ceedingly white, His face shone
with a radiancy that belonged to
inhabitants of the spirit-world.
The thrill went through the
chosen three and so overcame
them that Peter said, “Lord, it
is good for us to be here.” The
higher plane is the place of
transfiguration, a place where
the believer puts on divine ener
gy ; where he becomes a spirit
ual superman, setting, in motion
a force to transform those living
at the foot hills and in the val
leys.
The hindrance to the lifting
power of prayer. Peter walked
on the sea but as soon a? he
began to douJ>t hg began to
sink. Peter «fa|Sweriiigfclip
was holding a little and lefj^ng
gtr. Aw&verhtgsotrt fftnftsfTil**
Almighty, blocks the divine cur
rent from flowing into his .life;
it is a return to the physical
while he pretends to dwell in the
spiritual and he sinks under his
own weight of unbelief.
The will must be brought un
der divine direction and this
will enable one to see things as
God sees them and the cry of
his soul will be, “Thy will be
done.” This is the meaning of
the admonition, “Rejoice in trib
ulation.” “We are counted wor
thy to suffer shame for His
name.”
The lifting power of prayer
has to do with the help we will
be able to give a dying world.
Jesus became a man among men.
He knew His Father as a trust
ed friend and He became con
scious that the power of the
Eternal was at His disposal,
says, “All power is given to me
in heaven and on earth.” Jesus
wanted His disciples to know
that they are sharers with Him
of this power and they can do
greater works than he did.
Through the lifting power of
prayer men were drawn into
the kingdom not Only on the
day of Pentecost but wherever
men have taken away the hin
drance out of their lives. This
gives a fuller insight of the
mind of God. The last word is
not yet spoken for Jesus says,
“I have many things to say
unto you, but ye cannot bear
them now.” This is ^eveated
only to those who live in the
higher plane of intercourse
with the Father through
Christ. . . ■
This will make the giving of
the Holy Ghost by the laying
on of hands. The converts of
Samaria received the Spirit af
ter Peter lay hands on them.
God never meant the laying on
of hands today to be an empty
form, but should carry with it
all the blessings which He
deigns, provided those that
perfrom the ceremony meet the
condition.
It will make possible the
salvation of sinners. “The
prayer of the righteous avail
eth much.” The preaching of the
gospel and the prayer of the
saints—preaching and praying
in the Holy Ghost are the only
means to wake up sinners from
the sleep of death antf
them alive in Christ Jesus,
conditions are not met the
one who ministers
divine majesty and
stumbling block in
sinners.
It makes possible also
healing of the sick,
medicine should not be
carded for God so
vided that some herb
he for food to nourish
build up life; He steo provided
others to preserve life by aid
ing nature in throntaf off:
things that derange, the sys
tem. It is also true that the
prayer will reach the
restore them to
weapon is put in tfcf
the believer by Christ Himself
—a weapon not to destroy life
but to help suffering humanfe
ty. There is a tendency today
to frown at those who exercise
themselves in this gift but as
days come and go and men
have clearer insight of the
is redemption of both body and
soul,—the whole man, more
emphasis will be placed on di
vine healing. Why should it be
thought the day of spiritual
healing is passed when the day
of prayer for the conversion of
sinners is not passed? Both
are matters of the same faith
and faith is the victory that
overcomeHl the ^vorld^ Heal*
ing of the body is a picture of
healing of the soul and thosd
who desire to become recipients
of this blessing must under*
stand the meaning of it. ;
When Jesus found the man
whom He had healed He seJd*i
“Behold, thou art healed; sfcr
no more, lest a worse thing
come upon thee." Healing of
the body by means of
or laying on of '
regarded aa_a
mm thar*
health by divine
new lease on life not to
to forward sin but to be
ed to the glory of God and the
extension of His kingdom. To
help a cripple to health to re
peat the acts that brought on
sickness and sorrow is simply
helping one to continue in sin
that grace may abound.
Atlanta, Ga.
LEONARD STREET CHURCH
NOTES, CHATTANOOGA,
TENN.
“Never put off today ’till tomor
row,
What you can do today;
That’s what the old time prov
erb,
And old-time people say;
But I say put off ’till tomorrow,
Your worry and fret and gloom,
Keep steady and sweet all day
today,
For tomorrow has never yet
come.”
If Rev. Barber had kept the
sermon that he delivered Sun
day until tomorrow, I am sure
we would have missed a great
treat. In spite of a vefy rainy
day there were eager listeners
present to hear the message of
Christ.
“It never rains unless it
pours,” is an old saying; how
ever, we find that it is true. We
have’ felt showers of rain and we
have had showers of blessings
poured upon us today.
The third of a series of “Mid
summer Musicals” was given at
the Sunday evening service, un
der the direction of Mrs. J. A.
Mann. A splendid program was
received by a large and appre
ciative audience.
Rev. Barber and a delegation
of our young people from vari
ous organizations of the church
will leave Monday, August 8,
motoring to Knoxville, Tenn., to
attend the School of Methods.
Others are expecting to attend
during the latter part of the
week, and all are looking for
ward to the School of Methods
with a great deal of interest and
enthusiasm.
Beginning with the present
notes, the Publicity Committee
of the Leonard Street church
will consist of Misses Mary F
Wilson and A. Louise Davis.
1YILLE,
GINIA
Neil’s Memorial
g Fund.
s delighted to gay, we have
ortadon a journey, the goal of
ifeh is Jthe completion of #
arch at this place to be known
Neil’s Memorial. Yesterday
\y. Slat, was our first rally
b and we had a represen
£f* congregation. Our church
fcesSilfortably filled, hlany
those present were personally
pW- Mrs. Neil. I Our,
por, Rev. W. H. Shepperson,
inched from II Samuel 24:
I emphasizing the following
|ise, “Neither will I | offer
pit offerings unto the jLord
h €ed jfiiat which j doth
it me hewing.” The discourse
p- ably delivered. Rev. Shep
rson was at his best. I have
rer" heard him preach better,
the Jetersville work was
krted by Mrs. Neil in 1885,
It 19 years after her real be
ming at Big Oak, Amelia Co.
It may be interesting to know
it the work was started! as a
ssion Sunday school in an old
ht house which yet stands
i miles from- the present sate
our church. Be it khown
gt at this tifiie Mrs.:Neil
s not living on our field but
I miles away and it not being:
Say of automobiles and motor
ihspbrtation, her only means
going from . place to place as
ninisterinjr angel to the igno
it and sintering was ah old
pse called “John.” These 8%
les were driven every Sabbath
Jumihs.
Neil 42 years ago has kept up
with our progress all these
years and yet has keen interest
in us and our work, so much so,
that the first money placed on
the table in our rally yesterday
was $25 from her, Miss Mary A.
Fitzgerald. Following this was
placed a contribution of $6.00
from Miss Edna May Burkwell,
one of Ingleside’s instructors,
and so on from chinches, mem
bers and friends, until our num
ber rounded up $106.76. We
| feel deeply grateful to those who
gave to our rally, and later when
we have heard from all of the
churches to which we sent cards,
and-iriends who gave us $1.00
lor more we shall publish a list
of same.
In the congregation yesterday
were to be found Mr. J-.E. Win
'go, who accompanied Mrs. Neil
to Jetersville on her first trip;
Mrs. Sarah Paige Brown, Who
was a pupil in this first Sunday
1 school; Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Brown, who were the first to be
I married in this Allen Memorial
church in 1890. The ceremony
'was performed by the late Rev.
J. M. Rittenhouse, at that time
of Nottoway, C. H.
j Mrs. Neil’s Mission Sunday
! school soon outgrew the farm
house room and hence a school
.building was erected. Yes, a
little leaven leaveneth the whole
lump. A church was established
and the school building remod
'eled and used as church and
'now our Sunday school of 100
'scholars and the church mem
bership are sadly in need of a
' more commodious and modern
place of worship. Hence we are
saying to all who are interested
in the great work and those who
feel in their hearts the working
of the Golden Rule, “Come over
into Macedonia and help us” to
build Neil’s Memorial church.
The Daily Vacation Bible
School at Jetersville was a sig
nal success. It was organized
and supervised by Miss Annie
Brodie, of Charlotte, N. C., foi
one week. It ran from July 11
to 29th inclusive. The instruc
tors were: Principal. Miss Mar
cia Shepperson; Primary class,
Miss Viola WHfceifeon; Junior
class, Miss Maggie Ford; Sr.
and Intermediates, Mrs. S. P.
Brown; Industrial work: boys,
Miss Christine Riley; girts, Miss
Sadie Anderson; Music, Miss
Eva John Brown. The enroll*
ment was 56, and the average
attendance, 45.
Many pupils deserve honorable
mention for regular attendance
and splendid deportment Hur
rah for our D. V. B. S.
We hope for six weeks next
year. We thank all who helped
to make it a success.
In the Master’s service,
MRS. SARAH PAIGE BROWN.
URBAN LEAGUE AWARDS
SOCIAL SERVICE TRAIN
ING FELLOWSHIP.
The National Urban League,
through ith Executive Secretary,
Eugene K|nckie Jones, has an
nounced its Fellowship, awards
for the 19g7-28 school year.
Miss L. Genevieve Lomax was
awarded the “Ella Sachs Plotz
Fellowship” at the New York
School of Social Work. Miss Lo
max is an honor graduate of
Howard University, class 1927,
having graduated with Magna
Cum L&ude. She is a native of
Bluefield, W. Va.
The Joint Fellowship main
tained by the New York School
of Social Work and the Nation
al Urban League, was awarded
to Cecil D. Halliburton, gradu
ate of Lincoln University in
Pennsylvania, class of 1923. He
is a native of Hickman, Ken
tucky., •. ... J
burgh which pays one-half of
the fellowship.
These students wMl receive
tuition scholarships from the
schools to which they are as
signed and their living expenses
from the Urban League—the
total value of the fellowship
amounting to'around a thousand
dollars each. There were sev
enty-five applicants for the fel
lowships—of which fifty-two
took the competitive examina
tion based upon which the final
selections were made.
During the past sixteen years
the League has had about fifty
“Fellowships” in training prac
tically all of whom are actively
engaged in social work—many
of them leaders in their field.
ETHEL (MISS.) PRESBYTE
RIAN CHURCH.
Rev. V. H. Murray and his
daughter, Miss Lina C. Murray,
conducted a Daily Vacation Bi
ble School at Ethel. The school
was fine. The enrollment was
80. The school opened July 25th
and closed on the 29th. The
number of boy's' was 38 and
girls, 49. Miss Lina C. Murray
taught the Senior class and Mrs.
C. Dobson was teacher of the
Primary class and Mrs. Eliza
Barr was teacher of the Jun
iors. Mrs. Maggie McCain
helped in teaching the girls
needle work and Rev. Murray
taught the boys many games.
Some of the boys won nice Bi
bles. Among the boys that won
a Bible were Ira Dobson and
Richard Drake. The Little boys
made some nice tie racks. Three
of them will be carried to the
School of Methods at Knoxville,
Tenn.
Everyone enjoyed the school
and hopes that it will be two
weeks next year. Many helpful
things were learned at the
school. May God bless Rev.
Murray and his daughter.
S. D. DOBBS. .
If you keep a good joke to
yourself two days you’ll find
that everybody’s heard it.—Sel,
mw.
THE NATIONAL
BUSINESS LEA
Tuskegee Institute, Ala., July
30th.—The program for the
twenty-eighth Session of the
National Negro Business League
which will be held in St. Louis,
Mo., August 10, 11, and 12, was
released today and contains
matty interesting topics hearing
upon the needs and require
ments of modern business.
The Thursday morning ses
sion will be devoted to a full
discussion of the general sub
ject of Organizatic .
ment. Among the mi
discuss management
viewpoint of their
lines are: Banks, Major__
Wright, Philadelphia; Insur
ance Companies, J. E. Johnson,
Secretary, Security Life Insur
ance Company, Tulsa, Oklaho
ma; Newspapers, Roscoe Dun
gee, Editor Black Dispatch, Ok
lahoma, City, Oklahoma; Retail
Grocery Store, Chauncey Hud
son. Valdosta, Ga.; Retail Dry
Goods, H; A. Smith, St. Louis;
Department Store, T. J. Elliott,
Muskogee, Oklahoma; Schools,
J. R. E. Lee, Jr., A. & M. Col
lege, Tallahassee, Florida; Hos
pitals, Walter S. Burke, Business
Executive, United States Vete
rans' Hospital, Tuskegee, Ala
bama; Churches, R. B. Hudson,
Secretary, Natinoal Baptist Con
vention, Selma, Alabama ; Fra
ternal Organizations, P. D. Da
vis, Birmingham, Alabama;
Building and Loan, Don A. Da
vis, Hampton Institute and Ad
vertising and Selling, C. Benja
min Curley, New York City.
After the welcome addresses
at the opening session
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speakers invi _ _
same subject include: A.
Shearin, Manager Southern
delity^and Surety Company of
Durham; R. R. Taylor, Jr., Sec
retary, Chicago Mortgage and
Credit Company; Douglass B.
Fullwood, Manager, Michigan
Peoples’ Finance Corporation,
Detroit; J. Alston Atkins, Man
ager, Safe Loan and Investment
Company, Houston, Texas.
Negro Trade /Week Campaigns
will be discussed Friday morn
ing by George W. Powell, Pres
ident of the Jacksonville League
and George W. Lee, representing
the Memphis League. Sam H.
Reading will tell about the Phil
adelphia Better Business Show
held last March.
Women are represented on
the program by Mrs. Annie M.
Malone who discusses “The
Negro Woman in Business,” and
Miss Thira J. Edwards, of Gary,
Indiana, who speaks on the sub
ject, “What the Woman Who
Buys Expects of the Man Who
Sells.”
Dr. Robert R. Moton, Presi
dent of the National League,
will deliver his annual address
on Wednesday evening, August
10, at the Tabernacle Baptist
church.
Other special speakers of the
sessions include: C. C. Spauld
ing whose subject is, “Danger
Signs in Business;” Anthony
Overton, President Douglass Na
tional Bank and the Victory
Life Insurance Company, Chi
cago; Rienzi B. Lemus of the
Brotherhood of Dining Car Em
ployees; A. Philip Randolph, Or
ganizer of- the Brotherhood of
Pullman Car Porters; Arthur
W. Mitchell, President, Phi Beta
Sigma Fraternity; Jesse O.
Thomas, Field Secretary Na
tional Urban League ; Dr. M. W.
Dogan, President, Wiley College;
Dr. J. S. Clarke, President,
Southern University; C. E.
Coles, President, National
Builders Association ; H. C. Mat
ney Commercial Department,
Bluefield, West Virginia, Insti
tute. _
Bishop R. E. Jones, of the M.
E. Church, Vice-Chairman of
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