No Christian Backbone
By JIMMY LEE
Have you ever taken a close look
at a history of the “Christian”
Church throughout the ages? It is
a pathetic chronica! of back
downs!
The first came under the reign
of the "women on a scarlet colored
beast." This “lady” wanted the
attention and worship of all the
peoples of the world—not so much
to win them to Christ as to herself.
Her only way of winning her pa
gan nearbys was to enscribe some
of their practices into her own wor
ship rituals. Soon the immortality
of the soul, sprinkling instead of
immersion, Christmas, Easter,
Sunday worship, and other prac
tices (all of which we have no rec
ord of the early Church following)
were preached as gospel, and those
who did not practice them were
burned as heretics!
Then this woman had children
who tore away from her even as
they were still in her womb, leav
ing their marks upon her; marks
that can never be healed until she
has retrieved her lost sons. These
wayward children did not exer
cise all of their mother’s bad prac
tices but kept some of them.
Many good men of the church
fell because of the public-opinion
mindedness displayed by their own
character—a characteristic that
has caused many to follow the
trail leading to deprivation while
always believing they were on the
road to magnification. So was it
that the first child fell as did the
second and so on until they were
all as in the wrong as their
mother.
Now, with the revival of a theo
ry first introduced by the “great”
Aristotle, the Church is once again
falling back. The new problem
child is the theory of evolution.
The Darwin-Huxley theory is
taught as fact (not theory) in most
high schools and colleges through
out the world. This modern, Ger
man-born postulate teaches a crea
tion without a Creator. The Church
saw that unless they countered,
there would be no Church at all in
time. So it took another look at
the creation story and suddenly be
gan to see how they could work
evolution into it. Soon this absolute
impossibility was accomplished
and the Church was “saved” once
again. Now, people can sincerely
believe in God and evolution at the
same time!
At one time every word of the
Scripture was believed as absolute,
historical datum. Today’s eyer-for-
ward-looking young ministers
“see” that all the points of the
Bible may not be completely sup
ported by history or, at least, can
not be proved. So, instead of
proving all things as God com
mands, they say that Adam may
never have lived at all but was
placed in God’s Word as an exam
ple for us. The same goes for Ab
raham and the other Patriachs.
This, they believe, will always
stand up before the atheist. Since
they cannot heal people as did
Jesus Christ through the power of
the Holy Spirit of God, ministers
say that God gave us doctors to
heal us. So they send their con
gregation to the doctors costing
them billions of dollars every year
while they refuse to obey God or
take Him at His Word in James
5: 13-15. If some of the ideologies
of these sincerely deceived young
men were true, it would make God
out as a liar and a fake!
You should take time to search
out the Scriptu'^es and see exactly
what they say. This should be done
by yourself and not with some
“Christian” helps! After you have
proven all things, then find the
Church that does exactly what you
found and nothing more. You will
find the one true Church that has
never swayed from God’s way. If
you have searched diligently and
God has opened your eyes then
you will truly become a jewel in
a world of granite. The facts you
will learn will astound you and
you will begin to see just why the
United States is in the position it
is in now. You will be able to read
II Timothy 3:16-17 with all sincer
ity and confidence. You will have
a tranquility of mind that only the
begotten of God can possibly have.
You will be able to have pity upon
those poor old ladies who go to
church every Sunday and condemn
the actions of young people when
they themselves have never even
begun to feel the “Peace of God.”
Your life will be that of an indi
vidualist and not that of a follower.
You will become a vertebra in the
backbone of God’s true Church.
Youth-led Revival
The fall semester was climaxed
for a group of six Chowan students
with a Youth-led Revival at Calva
ry Baptist Church, Roanoke Rap
ids. The rteverend L. Edgar Whit
lock, Pastor of Calvary Church,
praised the team for the excellent
work accomplished in the meeting.
He added: “Our people fell in love
with them. They were represent
ing Chowan College and Chowan
may well be proud of them,”
Mr. John Whitley was responsi
ble for the arrangemei.ts in con
nection with the meeting. Students
who participated—either through
leading in prayer, reading the
Scriptures, special music, testi
mony, or sermon—included Linda
Cowan, Benny Gibbs, Jerry Har
per, Dwight Hooker, Joan Morris,
and Joyce Stringfellow.
$100 Thousand Needed to Assure
Financing of New Construction
BILL RODEN, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
Plans Made for Future Events
Three committees, representing
the Chowan College Alumni As
sociation, met recently at the col
lege.
The nominating committee se
lected the officers for the coming
year. The slate of officers will be
presented at the annual meeting
of the association. J. M. “Piggy”
Jenkins of Murfreesboro is chair
man. John Whitley, Murfreesboro
and Mrs. Grady Bridgers, Jack
son, are also on the committee.
The May Day committee made
plans for the annual meeting,
which is scheduled for May 5 in
connection with the May Day ac
tivities. Members of this commit
tee are: Mrs. Ethleen Underwood,
Chairman, Murfreesboro: Mrs.
Harry Hill, Murfreesboro; Mrs. T.
J. Benthall, Ahoskie; Miss Sylvia
George, Murfreesboro; and Miss
Anna Belle Crouch, serving as col
lege representative.
The third committee consists of
the association officers, the ex
PRCX5RESS AT CHOWAN COLLEGE—The Old President's Home located beside the Graphic Arts build
ing on the Chowan Campus has been torn down to be replaced by a new classroom building which
Is expected to be started this spring. The home, which has been standing for a number of years,
first housed a family when the college reopened and later was used for classes. In 1959 the building
was converted Into a men's dormitory. When the 1962 registration began the building was accommo
dating approximately 19 female students.
ecutive secretary of the associa
tion and Dr. Bruce E. Whitaker,
president of the college. This com
mittee did the final screening of
prospjective recipients of the “Dis
tinguished Alumni Awards”. The
Chowan College Board of Trustees,
upon recommendation of the Alum
ni Association, recently established
that the Alumni Association could
give a maximum of three such
awards. The name of the recipient
of this award is to be announced
at the Commencement program.
Rev. C. Bailey Jones, Suffolk,
Va., is president of the Alumni
Association. Other officers are:
Mrs. Beatrice Spivey, Winton,
Vice-president; Mrs. Glen Bent
hall, Ahoskie; Secretary; and Mr.
Edgar Parker, Franklin, Va.,
Treasures.
Seminary Choir
Sings at Chowan
The Southern Baptist Theologi
cal Sen^inary Choir from Louis
ville, Kentucky presented a con
cert program at Chowan College
on Wednesday, February 6.
The concert program was de
signed with the interest of the liste
ner in mind. It consisted primarily
of two contrasting motets: “Sing
Ye To The Lord,” by Bach; “0
Saviour Throw The Heavens
Wide,” by Brahms. A unique fea
ture of the concert was the pre
sentation of “Three Worship Epi
sodes,” utilizing different musical
art forms of the church.
Dr. William C. Bushnell, con
ductor, has been a faculty member
of the seminary for six years. His
experience in the field of church
music edu.’ation is extensive. He is
chairman of the graduate commit
tee for doctoral studies in the
School of Church Music at the
Louisville Seminary.
The choir membership, 19 men
and 19 women, represented the
three colleges of the seminary and
are in a course of training toward
becoming leaders in the ministry
of music, religious education, and
theology.
Efforts are now being made to
secure the $100,000 needed to as
sure the total financing cost for
constructing and equipping the
new classroom building. A total
of $165,000 has been contributed to
the Development Fund as cam
paign results to raise funds for
the classroom building. Payments
dollar to one gift of $50,000, com-
on 229 of the 305 pledges made to
date, and funds from 443 cash
gifts, ranging in size from one
prise this total. The campaign
was begun in the fall of 1961.
This building, the most signifi
cant campus addition planned to
date, will not only relieve severe
ly crowded classroom conditions,
but will also greatly strengthen
Chowan’s academic program. Con
struction will begin early next
month to have the building ready
for the fall term.
We are indeed grateful to the
alumni, supporters and friends of
Chowan College who have re
sponded to this campaign. The
individual efforts and support of
many of these have produced gifts
from many other sources. It is
this kind of concern and interest
in the growth of Chowan College
and the needs of Christian higher
education which gives assurance
to the Development Program.
During the next several weeks
additional persons, foundations,
businesses, and corporations will
be contacted to raise $60,000 of
new money. Payments this year
from existing pledges will provide
about 40% of the $100,000 needed.
It is the sincere hope and con
cern of the students. Board of
Trustees, faculty, and administra
tion of Chowan College that this
educational need will be adequate
ly and timely met. The Develop
ment office earnestly solicits the
support and interest of all.
Conference
March 8-10 is the date set aside
for the Sixth Annual Student Mis
sions Conference at Southeastern
Baptist Theological Seminary,
Wake Forest, North Carolina. This
annual even—sponsored jointly by
the two mission boards of the
Southern Baptist Convention and
Southeastern Seminary—is open to
all college students interested in
the mission of the church.
Students interested in attending
the conference should contact
Chaplain Taylor before February
19. Registration fee is $1.00. Meals
are $.50, $.85, and $1.00. The semi
nary furnishes housing.
MSA4 Attended
“Urban Culture and Christian
Conscience” was the theme for the
state conference of the Methodist
Student Movement, held at First
Methodist Church, Charlotte, North
Carolina, February 1-3. Featured
speakers and discussion leaders in
cluded Harry Golden, free-lance
writer and ^tior of “The Charoli-
na Israelite;” Robert Regan, staff
member of the Methodist Board
of Christian Social Concerns; and
W. C. Smith, Jr., Secretary, De
partment of Student Work, Baptist
State Convention of North Caro
lina.
Two students from Chowan,
along with Mr. and Mrs. Weaver
and Mr. Jordan, attended the con
ference. These were Linda Lane
and Margaret Rideout. In report
ing on the conference Linda said:
“Attending the Methodist Student
Movement Conference was of great
interest. The theme of the confer
ence showed each of us how biased
our opinions toward integration
can be. We had a chance to meet
our state officers and many other
important people related with the
work of MSM, I really did enjoy
it and hope I have the chance
to attend many more.”
FOR FEBRUARY, 1963