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Good Manners
The year 1970 should be one of the most prosperous
years in the history of the United States. There are more
doors open to job, school, and social opportunities than
ever before, but one should not forget the editorial of
Good Manners which we publish every year.
It has always been said that good manners will carry
a person further than money. That doesn't mean that a
Negro has to be an "Uncle Tom" or "Aunt Hannah" or a
person with a master's degree in education to acquire the
habit of using good manners in the everyday walks of life.
Our older parents were accustomed to wearing tacky
garments when they went out to seek a job, or a bargain
_ of some commodity which was needed. By going out in
this manner, they felt that the proprietor would have
sympathy and grant them a better bargain or job because
their appearance showed they were in need.
This is a new day. The younger generation is wiser
and understands his needs without putting on ragged at
x oicen see nowadays, many of the older parents up
town seeking a bargain with their teen-age jackets and
misfitted suits, bowing and being submissive to some pro
prietor of a business firm. The first reply comes from the
salesman of the firm, "Come in Auntie (or Uncle), what
can I do for you today?" The customer answers, "I am
looking for certain commodities." Their appearance in
duces the salesman to present some cheap or store worn
goods which cannot be sold as first-class materials. On
many occasions, the buyer usually falls for the cheap
goods and buys it at a price that he could get the same line
of products at first class. The salesman tells the customer
to pay ten dollars down on the price of the goods which
is twenty-five dollars and pay a dollar a week for goods
which are worth about ten dollars. The salesman tells
auntie or uncle, "I have seen you around town, and I know
you have good credit references, but give me at least tbree
of them, and sign your name on this application blank.
The buyer signs his name John Hancock or Mary Jones
with the understanding that payment will be made each
Monday following. If a payment is missed one or two
weeks, she receives a letter addressed to Mary Jones. When
she opens the letter, the first thing she reads is, "Mary,
you have missed two weeks on your payment," or a col
lector may be sent to the residence requesting payment of
back bills. If the buyer is able to catch up his payments
and also pay a week in advance, the same salesman is
back telling the customer of some new commodity on dis
play. Before any business is transacted, he will have to
tell two or three commercial jokes with reflections on some
Negro, to create humor, and a big laugh. The salesman of
the firm places all Negroes in the same caetgory. The new
generation is educated to the point that they are getting
away from such manners. Many refuse to buy from a sales
agent when they do not put a handle to their name on the
contract. The customer mails a check when payment is
due, and will not allow agents to come to their homes early
in the morning before the household duties are done in
order to receive guests.
May we urge our readers, please do not be high pres
sured by salesmen to buy commodities beyond your earn
ings and then be humiliated by bills and collectors at home
and especially at work. Put yourselves in a position with
business firms so you may be able to demand respect.
On many occasions when one goes shopping properly
dressed and stops in a cheap credit store he is greeted by
a salesman as Reverend, Professor, or Madame. Hold this
standard up with good manners in your transactions or
business, even though you may be an ordinary industrial
worker.
The little things that count moat in the use of good
manners are, first: the use of your neighbors telephone.
If yop do not have one, long drawn out conversations are
unmannerly; cut your conversations short, even if you do
have a telephone. Beware of the type of conversation you
have on the telephone- 1 was told that three children were
burned in a house where a family was on a three party
This Weed's Sunday School Lesson
THE FRUIT OF HATE
Beginning Where You Are
Achieving brotherhood and
peace is the biggest unsolved
issue of the twentieth century.
Perhaps it has been the biggest
problem for any century since
the dawn of history. The big
issue of our lives is less often
what we have to live on than
whom we have to live with.
When we turn from the
Bible stories of creation and the
garden of Eden, which tell how
man became alienated from God
and the lower creatures, we
come immediately to the story
that portrays man as having
become so deeply estranged
from his brother that he kills
him. Cain, the first-born son of
Adam and Eve, murders his
only and younger brother, Abel.
While the reasons for the mur
der are as complex as life and
death, one obvious motivating
factor is Cain's jealousy.
The first man, Adam, diso
beys God's command; then his
first-born kills his brother. The
events are pictured as domestic
strife within the first family,
but they describe the situation
of the whole family of mankind
? the elder kills the younger
although he should be guardian
and helper of his brother.
As we study Genesis 4:1-16,
we can understand how relevant
? how all too relevant ? for our
times is the Bible's diagnosis
of man's sickness and sin. Man
is jealous of his brother, even
when he is at the altar of God
in prayer. Jealousy, pride, and
covetousness divide mankind.
He needs a saving Redeemer.
Searching The Scripture*
The Scripture for this lesson
is Genesis 4:1-24; 1 John 3:11
15. Selected verses are printed
below.
Genesis 4:1-15
1 Now Adam knew Eve his
wile, and she conceived and
bore Cain, saying, "I have got
ten a man with the ^"Ip of the
Lord." 2 And again, she bore
his brother Abel. Now Abel was
a keeper of sheep, and Cain a
tiller of the ground. 3 In the
course of time Cain brought to
the Lord an offering of the fruit
of the ground, 4 and Abel
brought of the firstlings of his
flock and of their fat portions.
And the Lord had regard for
Abel and his offering, 5 but for
Cain and his offering he had
no regard. So Cain was very
angry, and his countenance fell.
6 The Lord said to Cain, "Why
are you angry, and why has
your countenance fallen? 7 If
you do well, will you not be
accepted? And if you do not do
well, sin is couching at the
door; its desire is for you, but
you must master it."
8 Cain said to Abel his broth
er, "Let us go out to the field."
And when they were in the
field, Cain rose up against his
brother Abel, and killed him.
9 Then the Lord said to cain,
"Where is Abel your brother?"
He said, "I do not know; am I
my brother's keeper?" 10 And
the Lord said, "What have you
done? The voice of your broth
line, and one of the pal ties was using the line and refused
to hang up so the family could call the fire department.
Getting revenge over the telephone, they talk as long as
they wish, not knowing what circumstances, the other
parties are having, such as the need of a doctor, taxi,
policeman, or the management of one's job.
One should go neatly dressed to and from work. Go
before time to change clothes or uniform, if required.
When working on construction jobs, be sure that the pro
prietor has a dressing room with showers. Most business
firms like for their employees to be neat in appearance
and conduct.
We are not writing this story as an authority on
etiquette, but we are pointing out a few things for which
we are criticized.
It has been said from to time to time to train a child in
the way it should go and when it becomes old, it will not
depart from it.
The first step of good manners is in the home. All
types of profanity that a child uses is picked up from
family squabbles, mostly from the mother, because she is
with the child all during the day, and she thinks the child
is cute when It uses some profanity that he learns in the
home. Not only the child, but in most cases when yon
see congregations of teen agers on the street and old dirty
men, all you can hear is all types and kinds of profanity,
regardless of who passes.
Why so many people are unable to keep their jobs is
that the boss gives certain employees more privileges than
he does them. They are jealous and think other employees
take advantage of their earnings and use it more properly
for better livings conditions. They say the boss accuses
them of being impetuous and contrary on the job simply
because they try to tell the boss how to run his business.
They refuse to work in the rain, or snow and they just
have to get the boss told every day. This is why we say
good manners carry one further than money. Many pro
prietors would rather pay a contrary person a month's
salary in advance and get rid of them than to have him
keep confusion all the time. Good manners pay in every*
respect. It has been said time and time again that a good
name is better than all richness and fine gold, and is de
rived from good manners. A person with good manners is
first pure, peaceful, gentle, and is easily entreated, full of
mercy and of good fruit without partiality and without
hypocrisy.
Space and time will not allow us the privilege of ex
plaining the use of common sense and the use of good
manners. What do yon think?
er's blood is crying to me from
the ground. 11 And now you
are cursed from the ground
which has opened its mouth to
receive your brother's blood
from your hand. 12 When you
till the ground, it shall no long
er yield to you its strength; you
shall be a fugitive and a wan
derer on the earth." 13 Cain
said to the Lord, "My punish
ment is greater than I can bear.
14 Behold, thou hast driven me
this day away from the ground;
and from thy face I shall be
hidden; and I shall be a fugitive
and a wanderer on the earth,
and whoever finds me will slay
me." 15 Then the Lord said to
him, "Not so! If any one slays
Cain, vengeance shall be taken
on him sevenfold." And the Lord
put a mark on Cain, lest any
who came upon him should kill
him.
Memory Selection: Any one
who hates his brother is a mur
derer, and you know that no
murdered has eternal life abid
ing in him. ? 1 John 3:1S
Exploring The Questions
Genesis 4 is a sequel to the
story about the origin of sin
and man's estrangement from
God recorded in Genesis 3. The
result of the first couple's eating
of the forbidden fruit of the
tree of the knowledge of good
and evil is disorder in creation.
Genesis 4 is like Chapter 3 in a
long book about how sin begets
sin and how evil goes from bad
to worse.
After leaving Eden's garden,
Adam and Eve had two sons.
Cain killed his brother, Abel,
because God seemed to favor
Abel. Why did Cain get angry
with his brother instead of God?
Are we to assume that an offer
ing from the flocks is better
than one from the fields?
What was the mark of Cain,
and why was it regarded as
necessary?
What is the meaning of God'a
warning that sin was couching
at Cain's door and that Cain
must master it? Are we to un
derstand sin as some sort of
eternal force rather than an
inner attitude?
Finding Help
With Tour Questions
The setting for the eventa of
Genesis 4 is the land of Eden,
near the garden where grows
the tree of life and the forbid
den tree of the knowledge
of good and evlL Here Adam
and Eve took up residence. It la
noted that Adam "knew" Eve,
and a child was conceived.
The first child born to the
first parents was a boy. He was
named "Cain." Eve bore a sec
ond son. The biblical record
suggests that the two boys were
twins since only one conception
is mentioned. The second child
was called "Abel."
These two sons were imHir*
in interests and abilities. The
elder became a farmer, a tiller
of the soil The younger became
a shepherd, a keeper of flocks.
Two Ways of Ufa
Then, as now, there was con
flict between these two occupa
tion* ? between the shepherd
or rancher and the farmer.
Throughout moat of history, the
agriculturist has symbolized the
settled life and a society nt<an
ized around towns and stale
centers. The shepherd waa a