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Office Phone 6902 Jefferson Square Geo. T. Penny, Gen. Mgr. 101 1-2 W. Market SL Greensboro, N. C. Sunday School Lesson I JESUS AND THE SACREDNESS OF HUMAN LIFE I - | Scripture Lesson: Exodus 20:13: Frovrks 1:10-19; 3:29-33: Mat thew 3:21-24: 10:29-31; 18:1-7; 10-14; Luke 9:51-36. Golden Text: But I say unto you. That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. Mat | thew 5:22. — Life is like an onion— We taste it with delight; But when it’s gone, we wonder Whatever made us bite! So goes a foolish title poem, ex-' pressing many persons’ ideas about ^ the futilenes of life. The expres sion, “Life is cheap,”, is a common one. When we look back over the ghastly toll of human life in World War II; when we pick up our daily i newspapers and read sensational 1 accounts of murders; when we hear , i the authentic report from J. Edgar Hoover that every 61-2 minutes someone is raped, feloniously as saulted or slain, that in 1944. mur ders increased 10.1 per cent in ] urban areas and 13.4 per cent in rural areas, we realize that this is more than an expression, for we ! have made it a truth in so far as we are concerned, and in so doing, ! have violated the la wof God,; “Thou shalt not kill.” Defining the Sixth Commandment The sixth commandment, enact-i ed through Moses at Sinai, is ren dered by some translators as, “Thou shalt do no murder.” The common dictionary definition of murder is “the intentional killing of one human being by another, without moral right or legal au thority.” If this is all that this commandment implies, this lesson has n0 value for the average ones of us, for most of us never will be known by a prison number, nor will we occupy a cell on Death Row of some penitentiary. The Bible teach ing of this commandment, however, goes further and involves us by implying that murder is not limited to the sudden act of striking a man dead. The wise man in Proverbs warned against the temptaion to devise “evil against thy neighbor.” (Proverbs 3:29-33. This com mandment may be expanded to the shortening of life by various means: sheer carelessness, for ex ample, the death of many em ployes or tenants in a fire trap building, mine, or factory; or the daily emaciation of children by hard labor, as was the case in England in the last century. Or, we could ask ourselves, “What about drunken drivers and reckless speeders who bring about death on the highways? What about con tributing to the mainenance of the death-dealing liquor raffic by sale or by vote?” Jesus Interpreting the Sixth Commandment Jesus taught that murder is more han an outward deed. It originates in the emotion and will, so that not only he that kills, but he that hates New and Reconditioned PIANOS For th« best value in NEW or reconditioned pianos, select yours from our stock of nearly 100 instruments. Setinway, Mathushek, Winter, Howard, | and many others. Prices to ) suit everyone. ANDREWS MUSIC CO. “Oar 51st Year" “Steinway Headquarters" 231 North Tryoa Street in his heart is in danger of judg ment. The expression, “If looks could kill . ” is appropriate for this hate within creeping to the outside. Booker T. Washington \ once said, “I am determined to per- i uiit no man to narrow or degrade my soul by making me hate him.", But anger catyd/flgtmw than de grade—it can j'narre. "A» a man thinketh in hi hijr', so i* he," teaches Jesus, flew Vften we have heard the plea, %f «.V.\inC inean to j do it; I guess I at»( it.j \n a fit of anger.” Finding an Antidote for Murder The antidote of murder is found only in a love that seeks reconcilia tion for any^difference that might develop into httle and harm. 'From the Christian point of view, recon ciliation should precede any act of worship, for true worship can come only from a heart free from hate and full of love. “Though I speak with the tongues of men and ( of angels, and have not love, I am become as sounding brass, or a ( tinkling cymbal.” <2 Cor. 13:1). , Seeing the Worth of Man. Someone has said, “Murder, even hate, according to Jesus, is un- f i thinkable when we remember the infinite worth of man.” Jesus tells J us in the parable of the lost sheep that it is not God’s will that any J one of His flock should perish. The sparrw is under His cure, but even j1 more so are His children who are ' creeated “just a little lower than the angel” in the image of the Father. This tender regard of Jesus for man is a revolutionary and radical doctrine today, even as it was in His day when su many in dividuals were held to be worse than worthless. Jesus enforced the doctrine of love by His own per- I jonal attitude, by His being the Son 0f Man as well as the Son of ( God. by His consistent teaching, and by His redemptive death of the cross. 1 • * * Uniting for Action. This statement has recently been ( made, “In a world of atom bombs we must come to a new regard for ^ human life or perish.” Jesus gave | us the remedy nearly 2,000 years ^ ago when He said, “A new com mandment I give unto you, That ye love one another, as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.” (John 13-34) • • • “Have mercy on thy people, Lord! Bid deeds of darkness cease. Unsheath Love’s sunshine as a sword, And in the Pit give Peace.” A-men. ELIZABETH SHELTON, Youth Director, St. John's Baptist Church. NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAM IS URGED AFTER 3-YEAR STUDY BY SENATE GROUP Washington, D. C.—The United States is in grave need of a na tional health program based on u system of prepaid medical care, a bipartisan Senate Labor subcom mittee reported after a three year’s study of national health re quirements. The group told the Senate that the 40 per cent rate of physical disqualifications from war service should prove a “costly lesson.” It strongly urged a national program “financed by required contributions to the social security fund and by payments from general tax reve nues.” Its findings documented with ta- j bles, charts and official statistics, the committee declared that in 1044 the average American family spent $100 a year for medical care, and ! that rural families received much less medical aid than those in ur ban areas. Foes of a national health pro gram, as urged by the AFL and provided under the Wagner-Mur ray Dingel Bill, immediately as sailed the subcommittee report as “propaganda for national health insurance." However, the report revealed that families with under, $1,000 annual income averaged 11.6 days of ill ness yearly, but received an aver | age of only 2.2 doctor and clinic calls. Families with over $3,000.an nual income, however, averaged but 6.7 sick-days and received between 3 and 5.5 doctor visits. Disabling illnesses lasting a week or more for which no doctor care was received made up 22 per cent of the cases in families under $1,000 in yearly income, but only 11 per cent in the $5,000-and-up bracket. The report said that at present only 2.5 per cent of the American people are covered by comprehen ! sive medical care plans including J both doctor’s care in home, hospital land office and hospital service. Another 70 per cent have part of their doctor’s fees covered usually in hospitalized illness only, where as another 12.5 per cent have their hospital fees covered. Thus, only 25 per cent of the nation is given ifven partial prepaid care. -j_^ As for commercial health and accident insurance policies, the re port said about eight million per »ons were covered by group agree ments in 1044 and these were prin •ipally hospital and surgical. Com. mercial outfits paid out only 40 per •ent of their receipts in 043 to in iividual sickness and accident poli cy holders, because of what the report terms “high expense load ngs”- administrative and prtfmo ional costs. ' The people who most need the jrotection of whatever prepaid systems are now available are not jetting it, the report said. Among rural families, the per •entage at all income levels be onging to some form of nonprofit medical care group is well below > per cent. Urban dwellers are less :han 10 per cent enrolled in the in :otne bracket below $1,000; 15 per ■ent at $1500-$2,000, but 30 per •ent at $3,000-$5,000. Above that, hey can probably pay' for their >wn. The report said America does not ‘rand at the head of the list in any if the major health indexes >ut even if we did, it would not •xcuse our health failings. Even K-fore modern medicine had reach, ■d its present peak of complexity ind specialization the fee-for-serv ce did not meet the nation's health teeds.” Now, it said, “it inhibits he full use of modern preventive medicine since it forces most peo ple to wait until they are seriously II before going to a doctor.” The cost of a compulsory pre paid medical care system, the re jort said, “will not be greater than hat of our present inefficient and wasteful fee-for-service system. According to leading experts the ,-harge to the average family under i national health insurance pro gram will actually be less than it [lays now, partly because the em ployer and the Government will Lioth contribute to the fund. It is noteworthy that the labor organi zations, all of whose members are wage earners, are among the staunchest supporters of national health insurance.”* AFL ALUMINUM UNION VICTORIOUS IN ELECTION East St. Louis, III.—Members ol the Aluminum Workers’ Unior (AFL) defeated the Steel Worker* (CIO) in a National Labor Rela tions Hoard election by the decisive vote of 002 to 428. President Ed die R. tJtahl of ({he Aluminum Workers’ Council received a con gratulatory message from AFL President William Green on tht splendid showing made in the bal loting. GREETINGS TO LABOR For A Successful Convention I 0 Horace G. Ilderton, Inc. DODGE — PLYMOUTH DEALERS ILDERTON OIL COMPANY Distributors SINCLAIR PRODUCTS High Point, N. C. 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