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SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1950 v . *' Many structures have been built as the instigation of the late E. W. Dixon. One of his dreams that is now ma terializing is the Hill St. Baptist Church which is at present partly completed as shown above. iwfon ” - _ _ AMOS THE PROPHET AND HIS PROGRAM By REV. J. KENYON PARKER International Sunday School Besson for April 16, 1950. From The Southern Presbyterian Journal. Scripture: Amos. Devotional Reading: Psalms 42:1-8. “This prophet was a native of Tekoa, which is still called Tekoa, a town in Judah about six miles south of Bethlehem. He was a shepherd and dresser of sycamore trees. He was not a prophet by training, not trained in the regular prophetic schools. He said to his enemy, Amaziah the priest, that while he was not a professional prophet, and was not the son of a prophet, he was, nevertheless, divinely called to the prophetical office to deliver the message of Jehovah. He was a native of Judah but prophesied for Israel. It was dur ing the reign of Jereboam II he was called to prophesy. Uzziah was then on the throne of Judah. His call occurred a few years after that of Joel, probably about 765 B.C. Under Uzziah and Jereboam Judah and Israel enjoyed unusual prosperity. They were men of ad ministrative ability, were able rul ers. Under existing conditions the UNCLE SAN'S Loan Office 5 Southwest Pack Square ANDERSON CAFE Your family is always Welcome. SPECIAL SUNDAY DINNER from 70c to 75c, We always serve you with a smile. 6 Eagle St. Asheville, N. C. HENRY FUNERAL HOME Dial 2-1681 AMBULANCE SERVICE 18 Eagle Street Asheville, N. C CHURbH ACTIVITIES predictions of Amos would meet with skeptical regard; he would be looked upon as an alarmist, a pessimist, but in less than fifty years his announcement of the doom of Israel was fulfilled.” (In troduction in Analytical Bible). “In this happy state of things, (their prosperity), what could be more improbable than the disast ers to befall the nation announced by the prophet? It is always so when we take a superficial view of things, live in the present mo ment of peace and plenty and in dulge ourselves. Amos foresaw the revival of Assyria coming out of her present weakness into great power, and that she should be the instrument in the fall of Israel as judgment upon her sin. He was one of the greatest of all the prophets, and by some is regarded as the greatest next to Isaiah and Jeremiah. He brought to Israel no prophetical credentials. Amaz iah sneered and looked upon him as a pretentious and presumptious upstart. But the prophet was not misled or deceived in knowing that he was divinely called to prophesy to Israel. How often the Lord has laid His hand upon earnest, responsive souls who had not the stamp, the training and creden tials of the school, and commis sioned them to go forth and speak His word. How greatly God has blessed the messages of these hum ble servants we know full well. Amos is an outstanding example of the possession of the great es sential whether one be trained in the school of the prophets, or be called from the farm, store or bench, i.e. being filled with the Spirit of God For that there can be no substitute.” (Analytical Bi ble, Outstanding Facts). So much for the prophet and the times in which he lived. For his Program, let us consider the special verses selected for our study and some of the context. 1. His Tactful and Arresting Ap proach: Chapters 1-2. Notice these frequently repeated words: “For three transgression and for four, I will not turn away the punish ment thereof.” This phrase, com ing with what might seem a some what monotonous regularity is an interesting study in both oratory and psychology. The prophet with his country common sense, knew that if he came to Israel from Ju dah and began in an abrupt and tactless manner his chances of be ing listened to, not to say heeded, would be slim indeed. Os course, he was also guided by the Spirit. So he gets his audiences interested, and then drives home the special application. He begins by citing the nations around Israel and telling of their coming judgment. Damascus, standing for Syria, which was an enemy of Israel is to be severely punished. “I will send a fire into the house of Hazael—l will break the bar of Damascus.” To the peo ple of Israel this was welcome news, and they were ready to give a hearty, “Amen,” to this severe condemnation of a nation they hated and feared. Then he turns his eyes south to Gaza: “I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza—l will cut off the inhabitant of Ashdod.” From Gaza he goes to Tyrus, Edom, Am mon, Moab, and to his own country of Judah: “I will send a fire upon Judah.” So far his message would awaken interest and approval. Is rael was only too glad to hear about the sins and judgments of these surrounding countries, even this sister-nation, Judah. All this is only introductory, however, to the real message of the prophet. He had been sent to Israel, and all this preliminary matter was but leading up to what he had been sent to proclaim. We will take up this message in our other lessons: we are only con cerned at present with the “Pro gram” of the prophet. He had a great deal of common sense and a real knowledge of the workings of the human mind, even though he had never taken a course in “spchology.” The Spirit of God, Who was controlling the mind of the prophet, knows all about the workings of the minds of men. His task was a most difficult one. We in this country know that even this far removed from our “War between the States” there still exists prejudices in many people’s hearts. For a preacher, a reformer, or politician to go from the land of “Dixie” to “Yankee Land,” or vice versa, and try to make an impression is al most impossible. The North and South are still inclined to look ask ance at visitors from either side who tell the other what to do. The land of Israel had had this “Civil War,” this “Rebellion,” and for a prophet from the South to go to the North and proclaim the word of the Lord was as unwelcome as Dr. Dabney would have been right after our war in the New England States, or Dr. Beecher in Virginia or the Carolinas. But Amos makes it clear to the people of Israel that God is no re spector of Nations: that even His own country of Israel is to feel the weight of severe judgment. This approach ought to have made them ready to listen and heed, if any method, or program could, but we see that even with this kind of appeal his reception was anything but cordial. 11. His Reception by the people of .Tudali 7:7-15. 1. The Vision of the Plutnbline: 7:7-9. As was the case with many of the prophets. Amos’ message was illustrated by very vivid word pictures. In these verses we have the vision of the plumbline. The of character and conduct. The Lord is testing Israel and He finds that her whole national life is crooked: judgment is coming up on them for their sin: “And the high places of Israel shall be des olate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise up against the house of Jereboam with the sword.” 2. The Reaction of Amaziah the priest of Bethel: 10-14. He charges Amos with conspiracy and says the land is not able to bear it. He advises Amos to flee to his own country—to go back home— and not prophesy in the king’s chapel and court. 3. The Reply of Amos: 14-15. It is brief and to the point. He had not come “on his own”: “The Lord said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.” This ought to have been sufficient. Amos pro ceeds to pronounce judgment on the priest, Amaziah. We see the courage of the prophet in these sion. He was sent of God, and he must carry out his program for it was the program of God. Would that we had today a preacher, or prophet, with the courage and the commission of Amos! Our land is prosperous. We have won two wars. We have not suffered as many other nations have suffered. In our prosperity we seem to have forgotten God. We are engaging in a drunken “spree.” Crimes of the most un usual and revolting nature are daily occurences, and our people seem to take it all without feel ing any shame or contrition. THE SOUTHLAND ADVOCATE RALEIGH ROUNDUP By EULA NIXON GREENWOOD MOVING? . . . R. D. Beam, red headed, known as ‘Red,” and a Cleveland County native, a few weeks ago resigned as executive of the Dairy Foundation at State College to become head of the First Federal Savings and Loan Association here. Prior to going with the Foundation, he held a responsible position with the Wa chovia Bank & Trust Co. He went to the Wachovia from an execu tive position with the State School Commission. He will likely be replaced by L. L. Ray, Alamance County native who for the past several years has done a wonderful job with the N. C. Dairy Products Associa tion. It is known that Ray has been offered the jol* with the Dairy Foundation. He is expected to take it. You should sec an announcement about this in the papers very shortly, if you haven’t already. Before going with the Dairy Products folks (Coble, Southern Dairies, Biltmore, etc.) Ray was with the Duke Power Co. COLLEGE BOYS . . . Last Fri day afternoon as Unive - ~ity Chan- | cellor Bob House and Acting Pres ident Billy Carmichael were intro- J ducing new School of Administra tion Dean Tom Carroll to direc tors of the N. C. Business Founda tion and to officials of the State Merchants Association, Len Broughton Smithey from a good Wilkes County family—walk ed into George L. Bennett's room two blocks off the campus and shot Bennett, killing him. A few minutes later Smithey, 30-year-old war veteran, killed himself with the same pistol he had used to end the life of the 22-year-old Wadesboro senior. Meantime, stu dents were scattering from the campus for an Easter week-end at home. The killings in Chapel Hill came as the trial of 23-year old Raymond D. Hair of Fayette ville, up for first degree murder in the death of Roy Coble, another Wake Forest student, last Decem ber, was coming to a conclusion in Raleigh. Neither Coble nor Smithey was an enrolled student. Just as President Thurman Kit chen’s Christmas was ruined by a campus murder on the eve of the holidays, so was Easter a black day this year for Chancellor House and Acting President Carmichael. College officials are constantly working to improve not only their physical plants, but at titudes of the students, 'and the Christmas and Easter killings at Wake Forest and Carolina will cause them to devote even more I attention to the mental habits of it heir flocks. Parents can help. WAR TALK . . . Visitors from North Carolina in the Nation’s capital last week were astounded at the amount of war talk heard in Washington. While we get good doses of this type of conversation via the press and radio here in the Old North State, it certainly isn’t the main topic of conversa tion. We still have the weather, Kerr Scott, the Senate race, and what the preacher said last Sun day. In Washington, Desease, nothing else seems to matter. You hear it from drivers of taxicabs and right on up the line to U. S. Senators and various members of the Cabinet. If the war atmosphere hangs as heavily over Moscow as over Washington, then some kind of shooting war seems to be just around the corner. It is to be hoped that this is the same corner around which prosperity sat in 1930-31. INSIDE DOPE ... In strictly off-the-record discussion with nobody willing to be quoted the inside information is that the U. S. is prepared to go to war with Russia in the event Joe Stalin’s 1 armies march into Europe: and this may include an invasion of Yugoslavia by the Russians. Ques tion seems to be if this country would attack Russia if she sent her legions into Tito’s territory' or wait until she moved deeper into Europe. You can hear in Washington on good authority that Uncle Sam is preparing fco take over the opera tion of the English Government and use England as a base of war if there is a European invasion by Russia. CRISIS GOVERNMENT . . This column certainly doesn’t make a habit of delving into national and international affairs. Neverthe less, we seem to be more world minded than a decade ago in this State and we are certainly much closer to Washington. Now it is difficult to decide whether all this war talk is being pushed at this time as a part of the crisis-upon-crisis approach to which we are becoming more or less accustomed or whether the danger of war is really as close to us as the operators of our Nation al Government would have us be lieve. A lot of it may subside af ter the elections this fall. When there is war or danger of war, the Government is free to spend and spend and is master of the people . . . and the voters, being fearful, go along. In days of peace, with no immediate prospect of war, the people object to extravagance in Government. After the Congress has passed the appropriations, you may see a lessening of the war talk. GRASS SEED NEEDED A To conserve the land and balance production, millions of acres are coming • out of wheat, cotton, corn and other crops in the next few years. But to conserve the land it must be seeded to grasses and legumes, and not enough seed is being harvested. Here a farmer is harvesting grass seed. Practices to stimulate grass and legume seed production are bek» stressed in the 1950 Agricultural Conservation Program. New Book On South's Relations Written By Mobile Minister New York. The South is at the crossroads, politically econom ically and socially, and battle lines are forming in the struggle for a new era, according to the Rev. C. C. Coleman of Mobile, Ala., author of a new book on race relations. Entitled, "Patterns of Race Re lations in the South,” and just published by the Exposition Press of New York, Dr. Coleman’s work is a forthright examination of the complex problems of racial dis crimination in the South and the solutions to it. Written informally rather than as a sociological study, “Patterns of Race Relations in the South’ represents the opinions and judg ments of an able observer, a na tive of the South, a Negro, who has spent his life battling against MAKEUP SHOULD NEVER BE PUT ON AN UNWASHED FACE By HELEN JAMESON Though old-timers —the ancients and honorables among us— may glorify the good old days of the past, they are willing to acknowl edge that wrinkles now come la ter in life, that the complexion of fine texture is more common than when they were young ladies. Well, why shouldn’t it be? We have learned a lot about the ef fect of nutrition on the skin, the need of the balanced diet. Women have taken up outdoor sports. Physical education is a popular and an interesting subject. The daily bath has become an institu tion. All these matters contribute toward health, and health is the foundation upon which the tem ple of beauty is built. Cosmetics have played an im portant part. We know that beau ty magic doesn’t come in jars and bottles, that an old face cannot be rejuvenated over night. But we realize that soothing creams keep the skin soft, smooth, free of cer tain blemishes. Nature provides se baceous glands for the purpose of lubricating the epidermal covering, but these glands often go on strike • —due usually to lack of fat in the diet—so oily toiletries supply the need. They should be appled free ly, especially in the winter sea son when cold winds bring a chap ped condition. No matter whether the skin is dry or oily, powder, rouge and lilpstick should be removed with a thin cream. After that the face should have a thorough renovat ing with warm water and a bland soap. A few quick swishes with a wash-cloth are not enough. There should be rinsing with warm water, and every bit of lath er must be removed. A cold rins ing following the warm one will bring a pleasing reaction of the blood streams that is good for the functioning of the glands, and keeps tissues from softening. It will contract enlarged pores if they are present. Drying should be gen tle, a soft towel being used in preference to a coarse one. As an insurance against wrink les—and premature ones may come early if the skin is thin and delicate —a heavy massage cream should be used after the bedtime SIGNIFICANT . . . Crisis Gov ernment or not, it is significant that North Carolina and other states last week started laying plans for a civilian defense pro gram against atomic attack. Sev eral members of the Council of State, including Attorney General Harry McMullan, State Auditor Henry L. Bridges, and Secretary of State Thad Eure were in Wash ington last Wednesday end Thurs day getting advice on civilian de fense plans which will be carried forward on a voluntary basis until the Legislature can make further provision next year. REPORT 17,000 MORE HIRED WORKERS ON SOUTHERN FARMS the myth of racial superiority. His book gives provocative insight into the nature of the color line and the sanctions leveled against each other reciprocally by blacks and whites. ‘'Patterns of Race Relations in the South” concerns itself with analyzing the paternalistic techni que and "keeping the Negro in his place”; “Uncle Toms” and Jim Crows; race baiting and race puri ty. Dr. Coleman also examines the role of unionism in race relations and economic survival. He covers the mounting tensions in the South, the segregated social order, the factors of education and reli gion, Southern politics and States’ Rightism. laying. These toiletries are differ ent from ordinary cold cream that offers no resistance to the manip ulations of the fingertips. Nearly all contain lanoline, which is soothing and healing. It is not necessary to use soap in the morning. By that time the flesh has lapped up the cream A tepid or cold rinse will suffice. If the skin is inclined to be dry, rub in an oily cosmetic, remove it with tissues and you are ready to play with the make-up kit. Make-up should never be put on an unwashed skin surface. That .practice breeds blackheads, ~r-r -r t -r -r -v t- -r T T“T- T T-T T T “T "r- *r* -r- -r -r ~r f“r ~r~r -r“ -r-r-r tt ASHEVILLE SEED STORE j SEEDS—FEEDS—INSECTICIDES and FERTILIZERS CHICKENS Dial 3-5334 We Deliver I JONES GULF SERVICE We Specialize in Washing, Greasing, Waxing Fast Battery Charges We Fix Flats 1 S. MARKET DIAL 9535 SPECIALS Platform Rockers from ${26.50 Up Occasional Chairs $9.95 Up Studio Beds $64.00 Up 3 Pc. Living Room Suite $129.50 Up KINCAID FURNITURE CO. 37 Biltmore Avenute DIAL 2-4321 PAGE SEVEN WASHINGTON - There were 17.000 more hired workers on farms of the South during the lat ter part of November than during the same period a year ago, says the farm labor report issued last week by the Bureau of Agricult ural Economics of the U. S. De partment of Agriculture. The gain was shown in the West South Central states Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas— where 286,000 hired workers were employed. Cotton picking in the region was about over, except in the western part of Oklahoma and Texas, flax seeding and truck crop operation were on schedule. In Alabama, Kentucky, Missis sippi and Tennessee, farmers were finishing up their harvest of cot ton and corn. Considerable farm labor was employed in Tennessee and Kentucky to strip and market tobacco. Twenty-two Virginia colored 41T boys and girls won awards this year in the State wide Home or Market Garden and Truck Crop contest, reports Ross W. Newsome, State agent of Extension Service. The top winners were: Elnora M. Williams of Greenville county and George D. Scott of Caroline county. Each will receive a $25 U. S. Savings Bond during the 1950 State Course at Virginia State College, Petersburg, Va. MOSELEYS Shoe Rebuilders N. L. MOSELEY, Mgr. 715 Haywood Road Phone 9726 West Asheville, N. C. Grove St. Grocery COURTEOUS SERVICE Fresh Vegetables and Meats Daily. Fresh Fish Wednesday thru Saturday. Open 6 days a week. We appreciate your service with a smile. 189 S. Grove St. Dial 9296 j Owned and operated by 1 1 Mr. Dodson Blakely. *
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