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Published every Saturday by Roscoe G. Mitchell, at 311 N. 4th St„ Richmond Va, One Year -$2.00 S:x Months __--- ^10 Three Months All communications intended for publi cation should reach us by Wednesday. Entered at the Post-office at Richmond Virginia, as second cla>s matter. LEADERS By Joe Simpson There is at the present time much speculation as to who are the leaders in this city, and to our minds this speculation is in order, provided, however, we do not let our interest stop hei e. Richmond needs a general re-organization of her spiritual, mor al, social and economic forces. We need a general audit and in vestigation of our so-called civic leaders. In this city, as in any other, we have many supposed leaders, but the question which should be paramount in our minds, is where and to what are they leading us. How many men in public life today in this city are devo ting any o ftheir time toward the civic and political develop ment of the masses in this city! How many are doing thier best to instill race pride and unity into the minds of those that come under the hearing of their voices? How many of them practice the things they preach? In answer to the above ques tions we must say that, they are tew and far between. In building up our caste system which is in operation here today, we have built the gallows and supplied the rope with which to break our own necks. The man who has financial in fluence among his race can have no dealings, except they be of a business nature with the man who has a sterling character and an unquestionable reputation of honesty, integrity and morali ty. In other words we value a man not by what he is, but by what he has. One minister was recently criticized by another here because of the fact that he would come around to the door of the church and shake hand with members and friends of his ♦hurch. The complaining minister said that he felt that such actions lowered the dignity of the profession. Such gross igno rance on the part of a so-called minister of the gospel can not be excused. We must say, that here is one man who is proba bly the highest educated minister in Richmond who has not gor gotten the arts of kindness and condescension, and who has not made the fatal mistake of letting education and a little honor and influence turn him a fool. Such men are a shining example ior men oi lesser accom plishments, education, honor and influence to strive to imitate. We have too many men of this complaining ministers type, men who are puffed up with false pride, who are too big to stoop down and get the hand of th poor man and give him a lift, he does no tonce think of the force that put him on his high plane, the poor man that is so sorely scorned by him is the one that supplies his daily bread. When we better the condition of the masses, we thereby better our own condition for the wealth of the upper-crust of the Negro race comes from no otbjr source than from the toiling Negro masses. For sixty years we have been continually taught how to die, so much so tha twe have become experts in that art, let us now learn how to live and dying will become one of the least of our worrieo. Let us learn that the high the low, the rich and the poor wiy*e created as one common family to aid support and pro tect each other; practicing this theory we will become in im portant cog in th wheel of American progress. Ministers are considered the most influential men in the Negro rare today, next in order romes the Negro teashers in the schools, Negro editors and columinsts come next, next in order rome the Negro business man, the Negro lawyer and the Negro doctor. Great possibilities lie in the hands of men of these pro fessions in shaping the destinies of oncoming generations of Negroes. TMinisters must consider it their duty to do more than try to keep their members names on the church books, it is their du ty to teach their communicants how to meet the many difficul ties faced in their daily lives, how to improve their condition in life as a whole; constructive and uplifting discourses upon the practical side of life flavored with the spice of a short plain and unadorned spiritual lesson is the thing that will keep the young people in the church. The day of hell and damnation sermons is past. Negro teachers are charged with shaping the mind of the child and instilling into it those virtues that go to make up manly men and womanly women, they like parents must re member that their actions have more effect in shaping the fu ture actions of the child than all the teaching they can give them. Negro editors and columnists are the molders of public opin ion, they shauld therefore cater to the masses as well as the classes they must strive to write in terms that the masses can read and understand; the writings of some editors and column ists can not be read and understood by any other than college graduate while the majority of our people have no more than a common education. They therefore cater to a class that is such a small minority of the race that it is unable to adequately sup port them. They should write and publish more news of an en lightening. educational and instructive nature and less of the passion stirring and sensation news. Black and tan marriages and divorces should forever be discarded from th fron tpages and headlines of Negro newspapers. We by our actions in giving such new prominence encourage such escapades when we should treat them with contempt. (Continued on Page 3) MOORE ST. BAPTIST CHURCH West Leigh Street, between Kinney and Bowe Streets Dr. Gordon B. Hancock PASTOR SUNDAY, JULY 13, 1930 11:30 A.M.—“A Front View from a Back Seat.” 8:30 P.M.—Sermonette. COME EARLY FOR THE MORNING PRAYER Come and Worship with Us You are Welcome THE AMPLIFIER By J. HENRY JAMES Mosby Memorial Lifting Her Head Above The Clouds Newly Organized Junior Church At Work!! DR. PARHAM Able To Master The Situation Members Proud of His Zealous And Earnest Determination PREPARING FOR INSTALLA TION SERVICES Throw Few Flowers Toward Sis ter Lemus Mr. and Mrs. K. P. tilmun Too Lazy To Go Out And Worship God AMPLIFIER: “(Operator), please give me Madison Two-Three-Four Five-Jay.” a MRS. TILMUN: “Hello! Hello! Mrs. K. P. Tilmun, at the Phone— who’s speaking?” AMPLIFIER: “This is the Ampli fier Mrs. Tilmun. How are you?” MRS. TILMUN: “Ah, we-11, I am alright, just the hot weather makes me a little drowsy.” AMPLIFIER: “The hot weather makes all of us drowsy sometime. Is Mr. Tilmun in, if so, I’d like to talk with him a little while.” MRS. TILMUN: “Yes, he is here, I’ll get him. to the telephone at once. Hubby, ‘O’K.P., are you up? Hurry, and come on down stairs, the Amplifier is waiting on the wire for you." ' && MR. TILMUN: “Alright, alright, Nellie, I’ll be light down!” BRO. TILMUN: “Why, Hello, there Ampie, I am lazp today; I didn’t get out to SERVICES this morning.” AMPLIFIER: “I am grateful tc say that it was not too hot fof me tc attend Church Services this morn ing. In fact, it is never too hot, nei ther too cold for me *o go to church. ‘Awake! Arise! Get up, early on Sun day mornings and make it to the House of worship. You rise early during the week, to make the migh ty dollar, why not do the same on Sunday mornings—go to Church and serve Almighty God. Do you know that you are robbing God?” BRO. TILMUN: “Yes, yes, yes, I am, but I will not let this happen again. We shall start next Sunday morning. Where did you go this morning; tell us something about the SERVICES?” AMPLIFIER: “We went to MOS BY MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH, Sunday morning, July 6th.” BRO. TILMUN: “Who is pastor of Mosby Memorial Church?” AMPLIFIER “The Rev. Dr. S. L. Parham, is Pastor. He is one of North Carolina’s eminent and much beloved sons.” BRO. TILMUN: “We hope to heai him very soon. Now tell us about the Services.” AMPLIFIER: “I think about twen ty minutes were spent joyfully in song and prayer services.” BRO. TILMUN: “Proceed Ampli fier, I’m listening.” AMPLIFIER: “After listening to the Scripture Lesson, read by the pastor, Rev. Ryan offered fervent prayer. ‘Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Sound,’ lined by pastor.” BRO. TILRIUN: “Who is the Clerk of the Church?” I AMPLIFIER: “Brother A. W. Dandridge, is the clerk. He made the announcements, and the ushers gath ered the offering for Missions. The ushers of the JUNIOR CHURCH raised their Missionary offering, at the same time. The Senior choir ren dered excellent music while these of ferings were being raised.” BRO. TILMUiN: “I want to ask you something about that newly or ganized JUNIOR CHURCH after while. I am very interested! Contin ue.” AMPLIFIER: “The hour for preaching having arrived, Dr. Par ham, the pastor, came forward and after making some preliminary re marks, respecting the newly organ ized Church; sang, “Lead me to that Rock that’s Higher than I,’ etc.” BRO. TILMUN: “U-m-m, see that the pastor is a songster too. I am just as eager to hear good sisging as I am to hear good preaching.” AMPLIFIER: “To my mind he is; quite an excellent singer.” BRO. TILMUN: “It is time we were talking about the sermon. What j was the pastor’s text and subject?” AMPLIFIER: “His subject was, ‘Impossibility of Concealing Christ.’ Words: And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know t: but lie could not be hid. Text fr.und in St. Mark 7:24.” BRO. TILMUN: “That subject sounds good to me, wish I had heard that sermon.” AMPLIFIER: “The delivery was impressive, p owerfu 1, spiritual, searching and captivating. This ser mon stii red the audience and was lis tened to with intense interest. Those who did not cry aloud, used their handkerchiefs to catch their silent cars. Rev. Parham does not try to preach big sermons for no-to-ri-e-ty. neither does he try to tickle the peo ple’s fancy, but he preaches the GOSPEL just as the Lord has com manded him to preach—uncompro misingly.” BRO. TILMUN: “That’s the kind of preaching we like. Do the mem bers seem to like him well?” AMPLIFIER: “Certainly; they seem to be very pleased with him and his splendid leadership. The members are co-operating with him, and the church is rapidly progressing, both spiritually and financially. Many people know how hard Mosby strug gled in finding a shepherd, but now the church is moving onward and up ward, with her head ‘Lifted Above the Clouds.’ This church has become an irresistible magnet for drawing the people.” BRO. TILMUN: “We heard that they have ORGANIZED the JUN IOR CHURCH also. What about it?” AMPLIFIER: “Yes, brother Til mun, they have really Organized the Junior Church. They were present and active in the services this morn ing, (Sunday, July 6th). After the sermon they sang, ‘I Want to See Je sus, Don’t You.” BRO. TILMUN: “That’s splendid. We feel that the Baptist Churches have fallen short in looking after the YOUNG PEOPLE. They get them in the church, and don’t pay any more attention to them. That is one of the reasons the churches are COLD.” AMPLFER: “Yes, I agree with you. Until these churches see the necessity of organizing the young people, they are going to continue to go back to the world. And, our Churches will continue to be COLD.’’) BRO. TILMUN: “What other churches in the city have organized the JUNIOR CHURCH?” AMPLIFIER: “I only know of one and that is Fifth Street Baptist Church, whose pastor is Dr. C. C. Scott.” BRO. TILMUN: “1 thought you were going to say Sixth Mount Zion, because Dr. A. W. Brown is cei’tain ly a wide-a-wake and progressive pastor of this city. He is second to none. AMPLIFIER: “It does seem very strange that the great historical Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church has not organized a Junior Church yet. But I understand that it is not Dr. Brown’s fault. He has been Liying to organize a JUNIOR CHURCH ever since he has been pastoring at that church. But I am sorry that, the members (some of them) have not yet seen the real ne cessity i of having a JUNIOR CHURCH. I am praying that their eyes will soon open, and they will see the need of organizing their | young people into the JUNIOR) CHURCH. To tell the truth, there is a hypocritic bunch of old mem bers at Sixth Mount Zion who be lieve in just shouting and cutting the fool in God’s House. Rev. Jas per could not do very much with them. Dr. R. V. Peyton could not do mucn wun tnem, ana tney win not give Dr. Brown the best co-opera tion. Many of them seem to think that the young people are going to hell; well, I agree with them, they will go to hell, if they (the young people) follow into all the foot prints that some of our older peo ple are making. We honor and love the old people, but some of them must be told of their short comings and hellish ways. Some of the older people think they can make it to heaven by jumping up in the church shouting, running from the pulpit to the front entrance of the church, tearing off their coats and hats, hol lering, falling on the pews, and so on. But, they can not get to heaven that way. And, when church meet ings are held, this same buch, ob jects to nearly every good move ment the church sees fit to make. Pastors see the real necessity- of or ganizing the young people into the church. And they should get busy and organize the JUNIOR CHURCH. Rend St. Mark 10:14, and you will find that Jesus is calling for the Junior Church. They may not co-op erate with you very well in the be ginning, but they will. Mark my pre diction.” BRO. TILMUN: “We got off the subject a litzlethat time but we will I egm where we left off. Can you give me the names of some of the officers of this JUNIOR CHURCH organized at Mosby Memorial?” AMPRIFIl-R: “Of course, Dr. S. L. Parham is pastor. Miss Josephine Houser, Secretary, Wesley Scott, Treasurer, Miss Louise Par ham, Organist, Miss Marion Page, Assisttant Organist, Miss Ruby Hill, Chorister, Master Melton Davis, Li brarian, Master Author T. Ralph, Assistant Librarian. BRO. TILMUN: “Do They have Ushers; who are they?” AMPLIFIER: “Certainly, they have officers similar to the Senior Church officers. Their ushers are: Lewis Jennings, Chairman, Marie Johnson, Louise Turner, Raymond Randolph, Edmond Henderson, Oli ver Johnson and Joseph Hender son.” BRO. TILMUN: “ 'Now that is grand. 1 know those little boys and j girls are proud to take part in the services with the older members of the church. Who are the deacons. Ah, you have their names go on and tell me?” AMPLIFIER: “Let me see. Their deacons are as follows: Master Oak ley Green, is Chairman, Samuel Set tles, George Woodruff, Claude Green, L. T. Johnson and Edwin Ragland, Jr.” BRO. TILMUN: “Does any one supervise over these Junior dea cons?” AMPLIFIER: “Yes, Bro. L. John son and Burford, are the supervis ors of them. What do you want to know next?” 'BRO. TILMUN? “What other officers have they?” AMPLIFIER: “Social Committee: Mrs. S. L. Parham, is Supervisor; Miss Ella Wilson, Chairman; Misses Edith Randolph, Marynia Randolph, Irene Cash and Betty Meekins.” BRO. TILMUN: “Do they have ary other Commttee?” AMPLIUIER: “Yes, the Member ship Committee: Miss Florence Hill, Chairman, Misses Alice Wyche, Mil dred James, Mary Coleman, Lillian Justice, Marie Settles, Mabel Brooks and Sophia Johnson. Your next question please?” BRO. TILMUN: “What were you °ixing to say about the sick com mittee?” AMPLIFIER: “Miss Jessie Car teen, Chairman, Corine Fife, Fred Cash, Thelma Tomson and Charles White.” BRO. TILMUN: “With such a large number of young people organ bed to help carry on the Master’s work, there is nothing but SUCCESS for Mosby Memorial Baptist Church and its progressive pastor, Rev. Dr. S. L. Parham.” AMPLIFIER: “Yes, we feel cer tain about their success under such leader as Dr. Parham. Mosby Memo rial Baptist Church is proud of, and loves Rev. Parham and (we think) vice versa—Conversely. BRO. TILMUN: “You were going to tell me something about the SEN ' TOR CHOIR; what was it?” AMPLIFIER: “The Senior Choir of this church is certainly rendering some excellent MUSIC. All who hear this choir once will go back to hear it again. Sister Lemus, the organist, (being an elderly sister) astounds the congregation by her ingenuity in handling the organ. Throw a few flowers along her path, that she mgiht j smell them while she lives.” BRO. TILMUN: “What was the collection?” AMPLIFIER: “The collection ' amounted to SQZ.IO. I was not pres ent at night, but it is reported that ! a good sum was raised.” BRO. TILMUN: “How much did the JUNIOR CHURCH raise?” AMPLIFIER: “The Ju’nior Church, raised a very, very good sum. I forgot to get their figures.” BRO. TILMUN: “I think that was excellent. Were many people pres ent?” AMPLIFIER: “A large number, attended the services. Many visiting friends were present. They were made to feel welcome. The pastor al so read a letter of comment and good wishes from one of the members . He was very proud to receive this let ter. This letter, also contained a nice piece of money. Now you want to know how much was it, but I am not going to tell you. I’ll tell you how much of it Dr. Parham gave me— none-of-it. (Laughter).” AMPLIFIER: “Well, - Bro. Til mun, I must hang up. I have a few notes to write, then I think I will sleep a short while before I go to First Baptist Church, South Rich mond, where the eloquent, Rev. Dr. W. L. Ransome is pastoring. Call me up any time you desire, I’ll be glad to talk with you. Don’t fail to go to Mosby Memorial and hear Dr. S. L. Parham, you will enjoy the services. ‘So long.' ” MINT SPRINGS NEWS The Children’s Day program at Free Will Baptist Church was very successful. A good crowd witnessed the program. People were here from Greenville, Middlebrook, West Staunton, Staunton, Stuarts Draft and Haddon’s Pond. Rev. J. C. Newman, of Winchester, preached at the above named church Sunday morning. A very inspiring sermon to the children. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Pryor and fam ily returned home yesterday evening after spending !seveaal days with Mrs. Marcellas Pryor, who is sick. Misses Stella Diggs and Emma Stewart and Mr. Vance Diggs, of Staunton, were visitors here Mon day night. The funerals of Mr. and Mrs. John Jones were held Thursday afternoon at Mt. Ed. Church, in Greenville. Mrs. Jones had been sick some time but Mr. Jones was only sick five (lays. His death came as a shock to this community. They died at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Griffin Harris, in Staunton. They were survived by one daughter, Mrs. Griffin Harris, Staunton; ten sons, Charles, of Elizabeth, N. J., Clarence of Lyndhurst, Lee of Washington, Penn., Wallace, Paul, Leonard, Roy, Lacy, Lewis and George Jones, at home. A large number from here attend ed the double funeral. Mr. Glenwood Pryor, of Elizabeth, N. 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