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REGISTRATION
It is not too early to seek informaton as to what pre
cinct you live in before voting for the candidates who will
be seeking governmental offices. We request all of our
readers to seek information from the County Board of
Elections or the Registrar of your precinct, to be sure that
your name is on the books. If you have moved or if you are
a new comer in the city, be sure that your name is listed
in your precinct.
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Primary Election Day is May 30. Closing date for
registration and transfers for primary election is May 8.
The date for a second primary, if called is June 27.
Listed here are the various governmental offices of
which candidates will be seeking election: County Board
of Commissioner, House of Representatives of Guilford
County, Senator (State), U. S. Senator, Register of Deeds,
Board of Education, Judge of High Point Municipal Court,
Congressman of Sixth District, All candidates who will be
seeking places in one of these governmental offices will
distribute literature based upon his platform. We urge you
to read this literature and prepare yourself to vote for
your favorite candidate. Ask the candidates questions and
urge them to help with the fight for civil rights so that we
will not have to go to the streets for our rights. Vote for
the candidates who are in favor of the civil rights bill.
You cannot vote unless you are properly registered. Please
do not start fussing about your rights when you know
you have not met the state requirements for voting. Many
have this to say, "One must pay his tax, own property or
be able to answer questions from the Constitution of the
United States. However, this is not required in Guilford
County when it comes to voting.
In 1956, one representative from the House of Repre
sentatives of Guilford County recommended to put the
N.A.A.C.P. out of business. Now if such candidate seeks
for election knowing that only about two or three hundred
Negroes are properly registered and vote in the Negro
precincts, one could easily put the Negro in the "dog
house."
Now there are enough Negroes registered in the city
limits of Greensboro, not counting the county, High Point,
and other little village towns. It is up to our professional
and business leaders to see that these citizens exercise
their rights and go to the polls to vote on election day.
We have observed that there are five thousand Negroes
who are registered and qualified to vote. Voting in the
primary shouldn't be such an excuse as "I forgot what
precinct I live in" or "I worked too late," or I was remind
ed to vote, but I had to take my children on a little outing
and forgot about it. Please do not let little petty things
upset "this important event.
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This Wee\'s Sunday School Lesson
THE CHRISTIAN'S USE
OF LEISURE
Purpose of Our Study
To help persons want to use their
leisure time in ways that enrich
and strengthen their own lives and
the lives of others.
Scripture
Read the lesson from your
Bible: Matthew 6:33; Mark 6:30-32;
1 Corinthians 6:12-24, 19-20; Philip
pians 4:8. We print these verses
below.
Matthew 6:33
33 "But seek first his kingdom
and his righteousness, and all these
things shall be yours as well." .
Mark 6:30-32
30 The apostles returned to Jesus,
and told him all that they had
done and taught. 31 And he said
to them, "Come away by your
selves to a lonely place, and rest
a while." For many were coming
and going, and they had no leis
ure even to eat. 32 And they
went away in the boat to a lonely
place by themselves.
1 Corinthians 6:12-14, 19-20
12 "All things are lawful for
me," but not all things are help
ful. "All things are lawful for
me," but I will not be enslaved
by anything. 13 "Food is meant
for the stomach and the stomach
for food" ? and God will de
story both one and the other. The
?body is not meant for immorality,
but for the Lord, and the Lord
for the body. 14 And God raised
the Lord and will also raise us up
by his power. ... 19 Do you not
know that your bOiIy is a temple
of the Holy Spirit within you,
which you have from God? You
are not your own; 20 you were
bought with a price. So glorify
God in your body.
Philipjxians 4:8
8 Finally, brethren, whatever Is
true, whatever is honorable, what
ever is just, whatever is pure,
whatever is lovely, whatever is
gacious, if there is any excellence,
if there is anything worthy of
praise, think about these things.
Memory Selection: Whatever
you do, do all to the glory of God.
? ICorinthians 10:31
Introducing the Scripture
Matthew 6:33 is the closing
verse of a statement from Jesus
that parallels the one just studied
in Luke 12:22-31.
Mark 6:30-32 is an interesting
report of a rest that Jesus recom
mended for his disciples follow
ing a strenuous evangelistic tour
(6:7-13).
As you study the selections
from Paul's First Letter to the
Corinthians (6:12-14, 19-20), re
member the nature of this writing
and the kind of people to whom
the words were addressed.
Paul had one of his longer and
more successful ministries in the
Romanized Greek city of Corinth
His first stay kept him eighteen
months. So this letter was address
ed to people he kneiw and loved.
He knew the kind of people they
had been before they accepted
th gospel. He held great expecta
tions for what they might be
come. When he considered the
moral degradation from which
they had emerged, he gloried in
the power of the gospel. But when
he heard that some had returned
to their former ways, he was deep
ly saddened.
This letter includes Paul's sub
lime hymn to love (Chapter 13)
and his Interpretation of the vic
tory of the Resurrection. It in
cludes also a sharp rebuke to the
Corinthian Christians for their '
divisions. Brother was going to j
law against brother, and men
were mistaking their Christian
freedom lor moral license.
Chapter 6:12-20 was addressed
to the Corinthian Christians who
were using their freedom to sin
against the body.
Philippians 4:8 Is a summary
word by Paul to the Christians at
Philippi. Paul wrote this letter
from prison to a church that had
always supported him and had
just sent him a gilt. "This par
ticular verse is almost a benedic
tion. It is as though Paul were
saying, "I'd like to come to you.
I face a real crisis in my trial. I
.nay never see you again. U not,
here are some things to think
upon."
Interpreting The Lesson
Leisure in our world may be
come as necessary to our well
being as work/. The Chistian who
believes the world was made by
God and is in God's keeping, who
wants to act as a child ol God,
must recognize the need lor leis
ure
In considering our daily work as
Christians we thought about Jes
us' statements recorded in Luke
12. The conclusion we reached
was that if we are to relate our
selves to our daily work in a
Christian manner, we must put
God first rather than the material
goal of our work.
A Guide for All Times
The same word of Jesus comes
to us in Matthew 6:33: "But seek
first his kingdom and his right
eousness, and all these things
shall be yours as wel."
When we consider this word
of our Lord, we usualy interpret
it in the most general terms. Of
course a Christian should seek
God and put his righteousness
first. But as we think of a little
more deeply, we realize that a
man is not putting God first un
less he puts him first in his daily
tasks. Righteousness that does not
express itself in work is less
than righteous, for this is the test
of our response to God's call.
But sometimes, even when we
see the meaning of putting God
first in our work, we fail to see
this meaning in our leisure and
our play. In this word of Jesus
we have guidance for all our
time ? every day, every hour,
every activity.
Leisure for Renewal
We often hear two opposite
complaints: "I don't have time
to do the things I'd like to do,"
and "I have nothing to do ? I
am bored." These complaints rep- 1
resent two prongs o t the leisure
problem: finding needed leisure
and using leisure well.
Jesus recognized the first of
these problems. He thad chosen his
disciples and had lived with them
and taught theim. When he felt
they were ready to go out on
their own, he sent them forth two
by two into the villages and the
countryside. He warned them
their work would not be easy.
When they returned to him full
of their experiences and the re
sponses to their witness, he listen
ed and then said, "Come away by
yourselves to a lonely place, and
rest a while"' (Mark 6:31).
The interesting fact about Jes
us' suggestion Is that a good rest
time had not come. The next
verse says so many people were
coming and going that Jesus and
the disciples did not haive time
even to eat. Many of these were
seekers with urgent needs.
Leisure is needed for renerwal,
Jesus seems to say. And we, like
the disciples, have no right to say
we cannot go into a lonely place
to rest simply because someone
needs us now. Renewal may be
the most pressing need if we are
to avoid hurting our witness.
All Things Aer Lawful
Now let us face the other prob
lem of leisure: the hours when
we can decide freely what we
shall do.
The organization of our time is
one of the most important de
cisions we make. Our use of time
largely determines the kind of
persons we become. We have only
the present; we cannot go back
to yesterday, nor can we act in
the future today.
Putting off, "killing" time, lack
of a goal or a plan for using
time ? all give us a feeling that
our lives have no purpose or
point.
We all have the same amount
J of time. The difference between
I feeling we have gotten somewhere
or nowhere is chiefly in the use ?
the stewardship ? of our time.
Christians have long disputed
how they should use their leisure
time. The Corinthian Christians
wanted to say, "AH things are
lawful for me" (1 Corinthians b:
12). Paul had preached that tt- 'se
who had been saved through f th
| in Christ were no longer K--Jid
| by the law. Some of the Corin
thians had interpreted tnis to
mean they were free to do any
thing their unrestrained natural
instinct- id appetites led them
to dc
Paul answer was direct "'All
things are lawful for me,' but I
will not be enslaved by anything."
To Tlie Glory of God
The Christian is not bound by
any law. But he belongs to God.
His body is part of his personality.
It is the temple, the housing for
the Spirit, which God gave (1
Corinthians 6:19-20). God's own
ership of the whole person was
sealed with a price ? the self
giving of Jesus on the cross.
Therefore, Paul gave the Corin
thians, and through them gives
us, a guide, "So glorify God in
your body" (1 Corinthians 6:20b).
1 And this is a test for the Chris
| tian as he faces the use of his
| free time: Do nothing that would
: keep the body from glorifying
God; only that which uses it as a
temple of the Spirit that comes
from him is allowed.
Think on These Things
It is not enough for the Chris
tian to keep himself (and his
body) unspotted from the world.
We need a positive approach to
our use of leisure time. This kind
of guide we have in Philippians
4:8.
The true, the honorable, the
just, the pure, the lovely, the gra
cious, the excellent, the praise
worthy ? if a person uses his
time in pursuit of these, will he
find any interesting and -worthy
activity of mind or body closed
to him?
The true opens tho door of
| science and all exploration. The
honorable can introduce one to
the finest of history and heritage,
and follow it through: literature,
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music, arts and crafts, games of
skill, and times of conversation.
Thinking is thus translated into
action, and leisure becomes re
newal.
Questions To Discuss
At what points do you and your
friends excuse your actions be
cause "all things are lawful"?
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