Page 14 The Chronicle, Saturday, December 29, 1979
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Staff Photo by McCullough
Bishop R.K. Hash shows his wife the traditional tribal
skirt he wore during his stay in Nigeria. Mrs. Hash
is also wearing an african dress which was a gift from her
husband.
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Hanes CM.E.
Stewardess Board #4 of State University, Sunday,
Hanes C.M.E. Church Dec. 30 at 5 p.m. The
will present "The Wed- .i*_-? - L
frimjui: i> mviten in a\ynn
dine," a one act comedy , . .
- -r There is no admission,
wntten Emma T. Duren,
assistant professor of edu- Rev. Clarence M. Savoy is
catjon, Winston-Salem the pastor.
Mt. Sinai
The second annual Ush- Year Award, the most
. . ers Banquet of Mt. Sinai sought after award. The
United Holy Church of usher board also gave
Sparta was held Sunday, thanks to the pastor ElDec.
16 at 6 p.m. in the dress Grace Wilkins.
Sirloin Room at the-Bo The officers of ttre~
nanza Steak House on , , f
, _ board are as follows: Va30th
Street. _ ^ ,
Many awards, comical nessa C Jones' Pres,den?:
and serious, were given James A. Choate; Reginia
out. Carol Choats, was Brown, secretary and Dagiven
the Usher of the vid Jones Jr., treasurer.
MR. ALFONZO NEWLIN
Funeral services for Mr. Alfonzo Newlin, of 162
Granville Dr., were conducted Thursday, Dec. 20 at
UniJ^d Metropolitan Baptist Church with Dr. J. Donald
Ballard officiating. He died Sunday, Dec. 16 at his
home. He was a lifelong resident. ?
Mr. Newlin was one of nine children born to the late
Robert and Annie Holt Newlin, formerly of Alamance
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^uumy. ne was a memoer ot United Metropolitan
Baptist Church and a retired employee of Brown and
Williamson Tobacco Company.
Survivors are one son, Nathaniel Newlin of the city;
one sister Mrs. Cecil Newlin of the home; and several
other relatives and friends. Interment was in the
Evergreen Cemetery. (HOWARD-ROBINSON)
Help Hostages, /
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Winston-Salem citizens
have come up with a way
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bers of the American ho- I
have been set up here and
letters of the projects are " '
being sent to the hostages a~t
families.
T-shirts bearing the slo- 7 w?h ,ach settm3 sun therc (
gan, "Iran, Let Our Peo- Come let us sit together and v
pie Go" have been supporting each other await th
printed and will sell for a n,9h. of sadness, dawn will c<
| need . . . your friends v?
five dollars, with the mo- w
ney from the sales going MOWOfO-Hi
to the families. A savings RJNERAL eJISitohJd u
account for each of the L phones to p.t>. r*>n av
families has bean set up at
Forsyth Bank and Trust
Co. in Winston-Salem, to
be used for expenses now 2SHjHE
? or as a trust fund.
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By Yvette McCullough
Staff Writer
After two weeks in an underdeveloped area of Nigeria.
Bishop R.K. Hash has returned home thoroughly
impressed with a people w ho are spiritually enriched
materially though deprived/
Bishop Hash, on a missionary visit, went to Nigeria tc "
see how much the missionary work his church was doing
was paying off,?What he found was no viable me^ns of
employment, superstitious religious and barehv anymodern
conviences.
"Much is needed there,"'- Bishop Hash said. "They
are highly superstitious and live in. primitive ways."
The area that Bishop Hash visited and lived in for twg
weeks has very few modern conviences. There are no job
opportunities or industries. Most of the food that is
eaten, grows wild and housing consists of huts or
buildings without roofing.
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However, the area, governed by five chiefs, has very
little crime and rape is almost un heard of.
"People can sleep in the streets and no one would
bother them," Bishop Hash said. "The law is handled
by the chiefs (which are elected by the settlement) and
they can also sentence a person to be killed."
Bishop Hash said that the people he met were very
interested in Christianity. He said they discussed
Biblical principles and he received "Great joy" out of
teaching them. Before he left he was named Honorary
Spiritual Chief.
"There were various structures that were built and left
desetrted by previous churches," Bishop Hash said.
"There were structures built by the Lutherans,
Methodists, three or four active churches of the
Assembly of God and the Catholic Churches.
"The Catholic Churches are on the decline in this
area," Bishop Hash continued. "Basically because the
Catholics have promised them things and nothing has
materialized.
The area desperately needs some type of health facility
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nunger urivc
The "CROP World Hungry." and may have
Hunger Event," which forgotten where to send
was begun in October of their money: Make the I
-this y ear T -continues to re- -checks payable to v4CROP -M
c^ive money to help Hunger Event 1979" and I
Church World Service and mail them to Mr. John I
Crisis Control Minis- Murphy, Treasurer, Watry
to relieve world and chovia Bank & Trust, M
local hunger. The fund N.A., P.O. Box 3099, I
began on Oct. 7 with Winston-Salem 27103. *1
about $3,500 and has now Year-end and one-time I
grown to about $12,000. contributions should also
The most recent boost be sent to Murphy.
_came_from the Kerners- Highland Presbyterian
ville CROP Hunger Walk Church, which was the 1
in which about $2,000 has local originator of Uhe
been raised to date. "Share Your Meals With 1
. Nancy Konvalinka of the The Hungry" plan, has
Kernersville Crisis Con- collected more than
trol office, who headed $,300 since January. )this
the Walk, said that 93 amount is not included in
'people walked. The Wal- the above $12,000 figure.)
kers included senior citi- This year's effort ends
zens, scouts, and two December 30.
small children who went
"piggy-back" part of the
way. Konvalinka says
she feels real good about I
the results, nartiriilarlv
since there was only about Seek the Lord and
h,s strength, seek
two weeks preparation. his facey c'ontjn. |
She credits the success to ually.
the efforts of Crisis Control
Volunteers, scouts, I Chronicles 16:11
churches, and concerned
citizens and recommends * D
that Kernersville "Do it TdITtOUS OT3DOS
again next year/'
For individuals and the //
churches who have been
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or clinic. Bishop Hash said. The nearest hospital is 200
miles away and most people die before'they get to it. The
main goal is to try to stimulate interest so that the people
can get the medical attention they need.
While he was there he stayed in the home 6f one of the
settlement's chiefs. He found eating the African food
difficult but once "the ice" was broken he found the food
enjoyable. Most of the food eaten grew on the trees
around them and consisted of oranges, bananas,
plantains, -pineapples, nuts and other fruits. Meats
Women in the settlement did all of the work. The men
would sit around all day, except they did build the
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"vuova. ??u,iicii gamcrcu ine rooa, earned the water,
cooked and cared for the children. Polygamy was also
practiced, with some men having more than 20 wives.
"The only thing thr men are required to do is to
furnish a place for their wives to live," Dr. Hash said.
"The men did go to work if they wanted their children to
attend high school, since you had to pay to go to high
school."
- The people he met were basically warm hearted
people. The people felt they had a positive connection to
him and most American blacks.
"They see us Blacks like the children of Egypt,
because we were forced to leave our home," Bishop
Hash said. "Just about everyone I talked to wants to us
to give help, but only so they can help themselves.
"They are very interested in Christianity because
Christianity is offering them something religion hasn't
offered them," Dr. Hash continued. "There are many
religions, as such where they pick out someone and call
him the messiah."
In thef church he visited he found that the people
enjoyed worshipping which consisted basically of singing
and Bible reading. In one service he said they took up six
offerings, where they would chant and march to the table
and playe their offering.
"I only wished in America with our bountiful
blessings that' we would give with the same spirit
that they gave in their poverty." Bishop Hash said.
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THE GRACE OF GOD
Grace is a word that has popularity in the Christian
vocabulary. Though useti often, it is vastly misunderstood.
Sometimes we confuse words as mercy to mean the same as
grace. Mercy in its primary meaning has the idea of compassion i
shown toward the suffering whereas grace always carries the
idea of favor of blessing toward the unworthy.
\ The use of grace in the Old & New Testaments reveals its
proper definition. The Old Testament makes use of three words
and others derived from them to signify grace. The Hebrew
term Ahebah which means love tells of God's feeling toward His
people Israel. Deut. 4:37; 23:5 are passages which tells us of the
' sovereignty of this love as Israel was a people unworthy but
J chosen because of God's free favor and oath to their father*.
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\iu iiiv new csiamcm ociicvers are beloved and accepted In ||T
Chrtat, Eph. 1:6). Chen or chanan is another term which means I
"to bend or to stoop," suggesting (fallen' mankind). It is I
unexpected and undeserved favor because of our wjjlful II
rebellion and sin against God. Indeed, we cannot even please I
God, Rom. 8:7,8. This favor is often mentioned in the Psalms as 11
deliverance from trouble, oppression, poverty, calamity, and i|
other problems. It is seen in proper names as Hananeel (God is II
gracious) and Hananiah (Jehovah is gracious'). A third term II
Chesed means mercy, Ex. 20:6, also may mean "kindness," II
"lovingkindness," "goodness," or "steadfast love" because it II
is expressed thus: "Surely goodness and mercy (chesed) shall II
follow me all the days of my life."
In the New Testament the Greek word Charis signifies grace.
It conveys the idea of "bestowing upon" or to be favored I
unmeritoriously. The cause of it being freely given is found in II
the bestower not the objefct so favored. In Luke 1:28, Mary was
"highly favored." Mary was singled out from among many II
Jewish women to be Messiah's mother, but this was because
God was gracious toward her.
Grace is always opposed to works. Works is the effort o<
fallen men to please the thrice holy God with a righteousness
described by the prophet Isaiah as "Filthy rags." It is the II
motion of man upward whereas grace is the motion of God -I
downward on behalf of fallen men. Works give men something
to boast of whereas grace removes all fleshly glorying and
i reminds men that all they have was given as undeserved favor or I
gift from God to whom be all the praise. The Apostle Paul II
declared this eternal principle, "Now to him that works is the 1
reward not reckoned of grace but of debt," Rom. 4:4, "if it be of II
grace it is no more of works, otherwise grace is no more grace,"
Rom. 11:6.
Grace i^ a stumblingblock to legalists or those who suppose II
their ability to obtain God's favor. Grace operates mainly with I
respect to man's sin, unrighteousness, blindness, unprofitable- II
ness toward God. Sinful man i? "
.a muiWUl SUCII^in, ROIT1, Jit),
the enemy of God and Christ, Col. 1:21, and "dead in trespasses
and sins," Eph. 2:1. Thus men are utterly unable to perform
. any works pleasing and acceptable to God. God is gracious,
indeed, the "God of all grace." Jonah said, "I know thou art a
gracious God." All our salvation and preservation flows from
Him as gracious.
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