WE»ESDAY, MARCH 12, 1975
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‘IN
OUR
TIME”
bv Rev. R.M. White
pMtNUEL!
Shaw Sponsor Pastor's Conference
The Fourth in a Series on the Ten Commandments.
EXODUS 20:8 - “REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY,
TO KEEP IT HOLY.”
“It was never in my heart,
To play so ill a part-
But evil is wrought for
Want of thought,
As well as for want of heart.”
This verse of poetry as well as our text, is a call to
remember. It is in recognition of our proneness to
forget. In our lives we are contantly bewailing the fact,
“Oh, I forgot!”
Now, we know that scientifically we never forget
anything. But practically we almost, always forget
everything. Over and over again, we hear friends say,
“I forgot!”
We are often prone to forget because the
remembrance of certain things is annoying. So we just
stop thinking about them. We refuse flatly to even look
in their direction. Until, bit by bit, we soon forget them
entirely. You see how it’s done! We forget - not out of
malice -- but out of quiet omission. So it would appear
that no harm was really done in these instances,
wouldn’t it?
Can you discern, in your own mind, what great effect
forgetting has on growth? Why, with so much
forgetting, the mind is liable to wither away due to
inactivity, atrophy.
Our text, “REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY TO
KEEP IT HOLY”, is a direct call to remembrance. The
fact is there is nothing, however trivial or important,
that we do not tend to forget. We forget our
responsibilities and our obligations. We forget the
vows we’ve made -- to our God, to our partners in
marriage. We forget each others name and faces. We
forget our friends. Sometimes, thank God, we forget
our enemies.
Being so forgetful, it is not at all surprising that many
forget the sabbath day. Some forget it on purpose. They
feel that it stands in their way. That it is a “cost
instead of a “priviledge”. A barrier that contains them
- rather than opens the glorious door of freedom.
Freedom to enjoy God in the light of thanksgiving,
fellowshipping and communing with others who feel
the real spirit of this God-ordained day, sabbath day.
For many this day is hectic because they are in
pursuit of gold or of pleasure. But be what it may, this
day is forgotten by so many! Therefore, we need this
urgent call of the commandment -- “REMEMBER THE
SABBATH DAY, TO KEEP IT HOLY” - wholly for
remembrap^ce of God’s gift to man. The sabbath was
given not for the benefit of God, but for the benefit of
ourselves. It is a vital day in the wheel of human need.
We are to think of our Christian sabbath as a gift -- not a
positive command of God. A day set apart under the
spiritual leadership of the Christian church.
We realize, of course, that our sabbath is not the
same day as observed by the Jews. They observe the
seventh day of the week; while we observe the first.
Now, this point has been in controversy between
religious sects for many, many years.
The early Christians began to worship on the first day
of the week because our Lord and Savior rose on the
first day of the week. By and by, this day became a day
of rest, a legal holiday. This took place in the year 321.
Now, if there are those who wish to argue the validity of
this day, let them. That is their right. I, personally, feel
that our God would be pleased if, through our sincerity,
we simply revered him to the end of all our personal
hopes, dreams and aspirations.
Our individual lives should reflect our tiue
convictions as they relate to what we honestly and
sincerely believe - especially about our God.
RALEIGH - The Shaw
Divinity School of Shaw
University, Raleigh, North
Carolina, will sponsor its
Second Annual Pastor’s
Conference at Shaw Uni
versity, March 17-19. The
conference will begin
Monday, March 17, at 7:30
p.m. and end Wednesday,
March 19, at 12:45 p.m. All
sessions are in Shaw
University Church.
The theme of the
conference will be, “The
Changing Life Style of the
Black Church and Pastor:
In Biblical Preaching; In
the Pastor’s Self-Under
standing Relative to His
Role; and in the Church-
Pastor Relationship.”
Dr. J. Jasper Freeman,
Pastor, Oueen Street Bap
tist Church, Norfolk, Vir
ginia, will be conference
preacher. Dr. Freeman will
preach Monday and Tues
day evenings at 7:30 p.m.
and the concluding sermon
for the Shaw Theological
Alumni Association on
Wednesday at 11:30 a.m.
The public is heartily
invited to attend these
worship services.
Dr. David Shannon,
Dean of Faculty, Pittsburgh
Theological Seminary,
Pittsburgh, Pa., will deliver
two lectures entitled, “The
Changing Life Style of the
Black Church and Pastor in
Biblical Preaching,” on
Tuesday, March 18, at 9:30
a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
Dr. Samuel Gandy, on
Sabbatical Leave from
Howard University, Wash
ington, D.C., will deliver
two lectures entitled, “The
Changing Life Style of the
Black Church and Pastor in
the Pastor’s Self-Under
standing Relative to His
Role,” on Tuesday, March
18, at 11:15 a.m. and 3:45
p.m.
Dr. Melvin Watson,
Chairman of Religion and
Philosophy, Morehouse
College, Atlanta, Georgia
and Pastor, Liberty Baptist
Church, Atlanta, will deli
ver a single lecture
entitled, “The Changing
Life Style of the Black
Church and Pastor in the
Church-Pastor Relation
ship,” on Wednesday,
March 19, at 9:30 a.m.
Devotion leaders for the
confernce will be Dr.'
George A. Sellers, Pastor,
Jerusalem Baptist Church,
Hartsville, South Carolina,
and the Reverend J.E.
Arnette, Pastor, Metropoli
tan Baptist Church, Rockey
Mount, North Carolina.
Registration for the
conference will be conduct-
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Scott, who held the same
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