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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. J., was a visitor here Tuesday
night.
Mrs. Mary Hill, of Fort Defiance,
spent last week with Mrs. Emily
Johnson.
A number from here attended the
celebration the Fourth in Stuarts
Draft in the afternoon and at the
Buffalo OmP that night.
Mrs. Ella Lee spent the Fourth
with her sister, Mrs. Lewis Downey
near Staunton. ,
Mr. Thomas Perkins, of Staunton,
was a visitor here yesterday eve
ning.
A number from here attended the
Men’s Day program at Haddon’s
Pond yesterday afternoon and re
ported an excellent program.
Mr. A. L. Crawford had the mis
fortune to fall 18 feet out of a barn
Monday afternoon and fracture hi3
chest and shoulder. He is slowly
convalescing.
After preaching services Sunday
morning at Bright Hope Church the
Stuarts Draft quarteete will sing.
Every one is invited.
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