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WRDNESDAY. DECEMRyR 31,1975
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THE TRffiUNAL AID
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CHURCH
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by Rev. R. M. White
RELIGIOUS
COMMUNITY
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Deaths And Funerals
PRINCE HALL MASONIC CORNER t
GREENSBORO
1 Cor. 13:3 - And though I bestow all my goods to
feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned,
and have not love. It proflteth me nothing.
Gifts of benevolence and responses to requests for
help, in any cause, the extending of a helping hand to
aid the feable, feed the poor or a gift to God’s kingdom
work -- if done without love, profits you nothing.
It is possible to have a comfortable home, fine care,
adequate wardrobe, position which pays a fat salary
and still be “Spiritually Bankrupt”!
Bankruptcy means in common terms: You have
allowed your liabilities to so exceed your assets that
your position of solvency is totally unstable.
“Unstable”, in this sense means, you no longer have
control over your material destiny. You are now at the
mercy of every wind that blows. You are now tossed to
and fro by every wind of your defenselessness...Your
situation has become futile. Like being caught up in a
gushing wind - then the waves come! You’re gasping
for breath! One rush of billowing waves sweeps you off
your feet - you can only cry as Peter while walking the
water, “Lord save me.”
When you reach that point, you are the beginning
again. The words of the text mean nothing to you.
“And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor,
and though I give my body to be burned, and have not
love, it proflteth me nothing.” For at this time, you only
have love for yourself. ‘ ‘Save me! ”.. .Is your desire and
your only cry. However, you must remember... “man’s
extremity is God’s opportunity”. So you’ve cried “Save
Me!” And you were saved. Now it’s time to help to
seek and to save those who are outside of the
“household of faith”. If you have not gained enough
experience from nearly drowning, yourself, then you
are “Spiritually Bankrupt!” You have nothing left to
pay your debt to your unsaved fellowman! If you are a
Christian, if you have truly been born anew, “Then you
are your brothers keeper”! You are now out of
bankruptcy. You are now a “mercenary” - asoldier of
the cross. Because, everytime you go to battle for
Jesus, you’re laying up wealth in the kingdom of
heaven! This wealth of which we speak is found in the
archives of God’s love.
This is the season of the year when we should be
especially occupied with the LOVE OF GOD toward a
lost world. This is the time when we give special
expression of our love to our friends and loved ones.
Some of these friends and loved ones which we
acknowledged with expressions of the Christmas
season will hear no more from us for another year! So
much of our expressions of love is so selfish! So much of
our love is limited to those who love us in return. This
love for friends and relatives may be very strong and
sincere, even to the degree of complete personal
sacrifice. Jesus expressed this human love when He
said, “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man
lay down his life for his friends.” (John 15:13)
Now in contrast to human love, think on The Love of
God... “But God commandeth his love toward us, in
that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
When God sent his son Jesus into the world over
nineteen hundred years ago. He knew exactly what
men would do to Him. He knew beforehand that He
would be rejected, falsely accused, spit upon and hung
upon a cruel cross to die. And yet, in spite of knowing
all this. He still sent Him forth to die. What was the
reason for this strange action of a father sending his son
- his own beloved son into the camp of the enemy to be
killed by them? We stand amazed at the reason; for it
was because God loved those enemies so much that He
was willing to sacrifice His Son in order to save them.
What else does John 3:16 mean? “For God so loved the
world, that he gave his only begotten son, that
whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have
everlasting life.”
God bless you during this Holiday Season.
MR. JAMES ROBERICK
BLOUNT, 55, a former
resident of Greensboro died
in Charlotte. Funeral ser
vice was held at Grier
Funeral Home, Charlotte,
and burial was in Charlotte
Courtesy of BROWN’S
FUNERAL HOME Direc
tors.
MISS BERNICE ED
WARDS of 1308 Salem
Street died in her home.
Funeral service was held at
Trinity A.M.E. Zion
Church, The Rev. E.N.
French, pastor, officiating.
Burial service was held at
the Cornith A.M.E. Zion
Church, Siler City, N.C.
CHURCH
BROWN’S FUNERAL
HOME Directors were in
charge of arrangements.
FUNERAL HOME Direc
tors were in charge of
arrangments.
MRS. EMMA R. GRAY
of 802 Oxford Street died at
L. Richardson Memorial.
Funeral service was held in
the Ebenezer Baptist
Church, Charleston, West
Virginia. Burial was in
Spring Hill Cemetery.
BROWN’S FUNERAL
HOME Directors were in
charge of arrangements.
MRS. MARGO G. NES
BITT, 26, of 727 Bingham
Court. Funeral service was
held at New Light Baptist
Church, the Rev. Cardes
H. Brown, pastor, officiat
ing. Burial was in Maple-
EVENTS
GASTONIA - Mrs. Gretaa F. Mason [left] stands witn
Mrs. Mandell Ashe in the background.
GASTONIA - The Minnie
C. Lyons Missionary Group
#2 of Friendship Baptist
Church sponsored a Christ
mas party Monday, Dec. 15
in the Fellowship Hall.
Christmas carols were sung
followed by prayer by rev.
T.M. Walker. Interesting
games were played, pic
tures taken, and refresh
ments served.
Mrs. Maudell Ashe,
program chairman of the
group, presented Mrs.
Gretna F. Mason a corsage
for her excellent work as
president.
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Friendship Baptist Church
were the event was held.
GASTONIA - The annual
Christmas Dinner was
sponsored by the Minis
ter’s Wife’s Alliance at the
home of Rev. & Mrs. J.G.
Whitfield of 114 Long
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MRS. ROBERTA TUCK
ER, 65, of 222 E. Lee Street
died at L. Richardson
Memorial Hospital. Fune
ral service was held at the
House of Prayer, Augusta,
Georgia. BROWN’S FUN
ERAL HOME Directors
were in charge of arrang
ments.
HIGH POINT
ROBERT LEE JORDON,
12, of 1513 McGuinn Street
was DOA at High Point
Memorial Hospital. Fune
ral service was held at First
Ammanuel Baptist Church,
the Rev. D.D. Mason,
pastor, officiating. Burial
was in Carolina Biblical
Garden. HAIZLIP FUNE
RAL HOME was in charge
of all arrangements.
MRS. MINNIE LONDON
65, of 1010 Sharon Street
died in her home. Funeral
was at the Green Bay
Baptist Church, Lynch
burg, S.C. Burial followed
in Sanders Cemetery.
Courtesy of HAIZLIP
FUNERAL HOME.
THOMASVILLE
JESSE W. MCDONALD
of 306 Memorial Park Drive
died in the North Carolina
Baptist Hospital. Funeral
service was held at Central
United Methodist Church,
the Rev. W.P. Cole
officiating. Burial was in
Carolina Biblical Garden.
THOMAS-HAIZLIP FU
NERAL HOMEwas in
charge of all arrangements.
by; C. M. Winchester 33 Degree Major S. High 33 Degree
111. Peer James Allen Shands, 1905 Double Oaks
Road, Charlotte, North Carolina 28206, is District
Deputy Grand Master for the Nineteenth District of
the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of North Carolina. He
was made a Mason February 19, 1929 and has been
an active member since that date. He is a member
and Past Master of Myersville Lodge #687; a
member and Past Potentate of Rameses Shrine
Temple #51; a member and Past Commander in
Chief of Charlotte Consistory #35; has served as
Imperial Deputy of the Oasis of Charlotte and as
Imperial Advisor for the State of North Carolina; and
he is also a 33 degree Mason, and as such holds
membership in the United Supreme Council,
Southern Jurisdiction of the United States.
Brother Shands is a member of Second Calvary
Baptist Church of Charlotte where he has faithfully
served his church in all departments; is employed at
the Southern Knitwear Mills where he serves as an
Engineering Supervisor; is married to Mrs. Johnsie
Shands and they are the parents of four children.
For more than 46 years Brother Shands has given
dedicated service to his church. Masonic Bodies and
G.I.G. JAMES A.
SHANDS
33 Degree
District Deputy
Grand Master
19th District
Prince Hall Grand
Lodge of
North Carolina
the community. His willingness to work for the betterment of these bodies has
made him one of the leading Masons in the Jurisdiction of the North Carolina
Prince Hall Grand Lodge. This Grand Lodge and the other Masonic bodies are
thankful for the dedication of Brother Shands and the many other Masonic
Brothers like him who have given a lifetime of service for the betterment of the
Order and the Community.
Brother Shands has worked hard to make his District one of the best in North if
J Carolina and with his innovative thoughts and good execution of Masonic t
principles, this District will continue to give this State great Masonic leaders y
^ such as the late Illustrious Zack Alexander 33 degree, who was a Sovereign J
->t Grand Deputy; the late Illustrious Caesar R. Blake, Jr., Past Imperial Potentate; )4-
^ and the Illustrious Fred Alexander 33 degree, who now serves as the only Black
-♦( man in the North Carolina Senate. )4-
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