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TWO THE FUTUI J. F. JOHNSON MJSS EMMA P. JOHNS MISS GAIL WEEKES ... L. A. WISE Make ail checks p THE FUTUI P. O. Box 20331 ? GF PHON1 Second Class Postage 10c Per Copy Publish* MRS. IRENE f A NOBLE LO\ Mrs. Irene Foxx Hunth 6, 1972, in the Moses H. C lover of people. Her entire i for others in the communil of her immediate family. S ing with people in one form before insurance came into people, particularly the po< JJUU^CO anu ux^aiu/<aiiuil9 especially for the aid of tl Mrs. Irene Huntley was a n of the societies had been i Mrs. Huntley was a memb Household of Ruth, The I Daughters of Isis; she ser Ladies' Auxiliary of The A nolia Community Club. While giving full servi also, with her husband, op It was known that she ga\ lonely and sick, to her gr; gotten children running in grandchildren, she also fed < parents had forgotten or n? When asked, "Why kee ley answered, "I don't kno' times I had to be late to chi ing because I had to give or be Den Mother of chile profit left from what she given to her church, to the 1 while organization. A lover of people, Mr: and useful life, to the age < suddenly last Sunday. She 1 in tne soaa snop at Gone He wherever she went. Due to the many organi The Eastern Star gave part between the hours of seve evening at the Hargett Fur were held Wednesday, Febr Church where she was a member of the church choi several church groups. Inter Cemetery, in Liberty, Nort While the body lies there s spirit will live on in the hea in the hearts of those she 1 Mrs. Huntley is survive son, Maurice Wilson of Sts James D. Huntley of Norfol ma Walker and Mrs. Naomi i Lonnie Foxx and Fonnie Fo Other organizations gi Tuesday night at the Harg family met their friends. T of Shiloh Baptist Church | rites of this deceased, a no who did unto others as she great commandment, while i active years. 1 .... , , THE RE OUTLOOK Editor & Publisher ON News Reporter News Reporter & Bookkeeper Staff Pnotographer ayable to and mail to: RE OUTLOOK LEENSBORO, N. C. 27420 2 273-1758 Paid at Greensboro, N. C. >d Weekly $6.00 Per Year =OXX HUNTLEY, fER OF PEOPLE zy, who died Sunday, February lone Memorial Hospital, was a adult life was spent in concern :y as well as for the members he spent her active life mingli or that of another. Years ago being for protection of many or and those of her race, the and societies were in power, lose in sickness and in death, tiember of most of them. Some forgotten about. Name it, and er. She was a member of The Qastern Star, The Tents, The ved as past president of The .merican Legion and the Magce to these organizations, she erated a small clothing store. re away half the profit to the indchildren and to many forthe streets. When she fed her ithers who were around, whose iglected to feed them. p doing like this ?" Mrs. Huntw; I just love people. Several irch, to work or to some meetmy grandchildren some food, Iren in the community." The gave the children was often odges or to some other worth5. Irene Huntley lived a long a 5 vfTr 01 w ? ?? - oiAtj-oiA, wxicii ueaui came iad worked for fourteen years ispital, and made many friends zations to which she belonged, of their services in memorial, in and nine o'clock, Tuesday leral Chapel. Funeral services uary 9, at The Shiloh Baptist devoted member. She was a ir and served as secretary of ment was made in Amos Grove h Carolina, her native home, it rest, memories of her kind irts of those who survive, and oved and helped. id by her husband, I. Huntley, imford, Connecticut; stepson, Ik, Virginia; sisters, Mrs. VelGoins of Greensboro; brothers, xx of Liberty. ive their tributes to her on ett Funeral Home, where the he Rev. Otis Hairston, pastor ?ave the Eulogy in the final ble lover of humanity, of 6ne observed the keeping of God's she lived among us during her i FUTURE OUTL THIS WEEK'S ENDURANCE AND THE CHRISTIAN HOPE What Is Our Concern? As they were being ejected from the Garden of Eden, Adam might well have said to Eve, "This is a time of crisis and great change." Perhaps each generation since has felt the same way, for change seems to be an essentia' part of life. The crises i f our day may not be more acute than many others, but they seem so to us. At least, with the terrible conflicts of two world wars and the events and movements connected with them, we appear to have crossed a great divide. We have seen the end of nineteenth-century colonialism and the rise of "the common man." The great advance of science and technology has brought us into the space age with undreamed possibilities. Social and political revolutions seem to increase rapidly in number and intensity. In America radical forces challenge the traditions and customs and even the basic laws of our nation. Minorities ? oiacKs, Mexican-Americans, Indians, and others ? demand sweeping changes that they believe are rightfully due them. Protests are commonplace, often accompanied with violence. Drug use, pornography, sexual perversion, and many practices long considered clearly evil are now widely defended as art, freedom, or fun. What should be the Christian's attitude about this situation? Two extremes are often advocated. There are the reactionary superpatriots who see nothing but evil in such changes. They easily become negative and hypercritical and join forces with those who would require all people to conform to their rigid pattern. The oposite extreme joins the revolutionaries. In an effort to make the church "relevant," these radicals may seek to get rid of traditional beliefs, forms, and practices of the institutional church. They advocate entirely new forms of ministry in order to have the church involved "where the action is." They try to interpret Jesus as a revolutionary firebrand and thus baptize their movements as the only ones truly "Christian." If the Christian church is to be effective in this crisis or in any other, we need first to be quite sure about the nature and meaning of our Christian hope. It is easy to claim the name of "Christian" for our own dreams of the good life. Probably neither extreme has a complete answer. Like the conservative, the Christian remains steadfast in spite of changes swirling about him. But like the liberal, he endures "as o O K FMD SUNDAY SCHI seeing him who is invisible," the "God of hope" who ever moves on before us. Surely our times call for great courage and stability on the part of all Christians. More and more it becomes apparent that the resources for victory today are not to be found in human skill and energy. We have reason to be concerned about forces we have let loose in our world but which now appear to be out of control. Our gospel has long spoken of faith and love ? perhaps it is time to emphasize the saving dynamic of a Christian hope. Searching the Scripture The Scripture for this lesson is Luke 17:20-37; 21:5-38. Selected verses are printed below. Luke 21:25-36 25 "And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and upon the earth distress of nations in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves, 26 men fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is com- ' ing on the world; for the powers of thp hpnvone iirtll Kb .-V. .. 1-? 1 27 And then they will see the 1 Son of man coming in a cloud 1 with power and great glory. 28 1 Now when these things begin to 1 take place, look up and raise 1 your heads, because your re- ' demption is drawing near." ' 29 And he told them a parable: "Look at the fig tree, and 1 all the trees; 30 as soon as they ' come out in leaf, you see for < yourselves and know that the 1 summer is already near. 31 So 1 also, when you see these things ' taking place, you know that the < kingdom of God is near. 32 1 Truly, I say to you, this genera- 1 tion will not pass away till all * has taken place. 33 Heaven and 1 earth will pass way, but my words will not pass away. 34 "But take heed to your- j selves lest your hearts be weigh- i ed down with dissipation and , drunkenness and cares of this i life, and that day come upon ] you suddenly like a snare; 35 | for it will come upon all who , dwell upon the face of the whole ( earth. 36 But watch at all times, \ praying that you may have strength to escape all these , things that will take place, and ( to stand before the Son of man." Memory Selection: Heaven and | earth wll pass away, but my < words will not pass away." ( ?Luke 21:33 j What the Scripture says to ns The Scripture in this lesson i uses the language of apocalypse, ; a word meaning a revelation or i unveiling. (Compare the sym- ] bolic language of much of Dan- 1 iel and Revelation.) This type 1 of biblical writing was popular | in times of crisis, its purpose i was to encourage faithfulness, j The Bible is a transcript of human life, especially as life is AY, FEBRUARY 11, 1972 DOL LESSON illuminated by a vital faith in God. The way in which men of past ages met their crises may therefore be helpful to us. The Bible is severely honest about the problems and troubles of life; yet it constantly maintains the vision and the hope for a better life and a better world because of God's involvement in our deepest concerns. Certainly Jesus faced a major crisis for himself and his people as he came to Jerusalem, on his last journey. He was no impractical dreamer as he confronted the hatred and opposition of the leaders. He knew well that the cross was inevitable in the circumstances before him. But Israel had long held a unique place among the nations in their clinging to the hope of God's decisive action on their behalf. The messianic hope bad sustained them through the lono rinrlr Hnv* of t.hi* Fxil? nnri the years of their oppression and misery. Increasingly Jesus had coma to identify his own life and work with this hope of God's intervention into the history of Israel. It is the bitterest of ironies that, in a misunderstanding of their own national hope, they destroyed him who alone could lave saved them from despair. Looking out over the doomed :ity of Jerusalem, Jesus gave lis disciples a message unmatched for stark realism and invin:ible hope. He said. "In the world you have tribulation; but ie of good cheer, I have over:ome the world." (John 16:33) In his endurance is our hope, tor he made it possible for us jo share both his suffering and lis victory. Christians Face Troubles Jesus never gave any encourigement to the notion that Deo pie who are right with God will escape suffering and hardship. ft.t the least such a view would nake hope largely meaningless. (See Romans 8:24-25.) His own experience, culminating in the cross, should forever dispel this theory as false. Rather, Jesus honestly warned his followers that they must expel all kinds of troubles. The Temple, the national symbol of their faith, would be destroyed. The far-reaching consequences ef this tragedy would be hard [or them to comprehend. In the collapse of the order centered in the Temple, Jesus pointed out, there would follow confusion, claims of would-be leaders, rumors of great evils, theories of God's timetable, and vague fears. (Luke 21:8-9) War, natural disasters, famine, epidemics, and terrifying "signs I from heaven" must be expected. (Luke 21:10-11) Instead of the (Continued from Page 7)
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