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Thanksgiving Day Is Here Again
Ah we pause to observe another nation
al Thanksgiving Day, our minds reflect
to the Bible story of the Pharisee whoj
stood in the temple and prayed, ‘‘God, I
thank thee that I am not as other men
a r e, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or
even as this publican.”
The Pharisee’s prayer of thanksgiving,
was not really a prayer of thanksgiving.
Real thanksgiving includes other people
and God. The Pharisee was bragging rath
er than praying. He did not pray to God
- - he boasted. He gave God a second
place, his fellowmen a third place and
himself a first place.
As we pause on this our annual Thanks
giving Day, do we make it God centered
or self-centered? Do we make it w’orld
ccnscious or self conscious? Have we real-'
ly been able to enter into the spirit of
Thanksgiving? I believe we have.
If the Pilgrim fathers could set aside a
day of thanksgiving when their circum
stances were so bitterly hard; if the lead
ers in revolutionary times could proclaim
fuch a day at a time w’hen the cause of
liberty seemed almost hopeless: if Abra
ham Lincoln could proclaim a day of
thanksgiving when the nation was torn
asunder by civil war; if Woodrow Wil
son could proclaim a day of thanksgiving
during the dark days of World War I,
when civilization was desperately imperi
.'•.led, certainly we can stop long enough
to say, thank you, God,” for the mani
fold blessings that we are enjoying to
day. Surely it has been nothing but the
hand of God that has stayed the awful
catastrophe that hangs over the civilized
world today.
A man was once asked what he was
most thankful for. After pausing for a
moment, the man said, ”1 thank God
for God.” In fact, that is the greatest cause
we have for Thanksgiving. We are thank
ful that there is a God who controls our
uestiny. We are thankful for His glorious
purposes in our lives and in the universe.
We are thankful for Jesus, the Son of
God, who opened to the human heart,
God’s love and truth. We can thank God
f< r hie and its possibilities. Though we
r.ow face an unpredictable future, we can
thank God for faith in the possibilities of
n belter day to come on earth. For Jesus
taught us to pray that the Father’s “will
be done on earth, as it is in heaven;” and
we believe that His will ultimately shall
be done here on earth.
Therefore, as individuals and as a na
tion, we turn our faces toward God this
Thanksgiving and with grateful hearts and
contrite spirits, we offer sincere thanks
to the God of gods, from whom all bless
ings come.
Over cThe,
Back Fence
By E. LOUISE WOODBURY
Roanoke, Virginia
The fabulous promenade of gay for
mals and top-hats at the Star City Audi
torium last Friday night announced the
beginning of the second annual ball giv
en by the Elks. Blue Ridge Lodge No. 281
and Olivia Washington Temple, as host
and hostess at this gala affair, feted hun
dreds of their friends with an evening of
dining and dancing.
Pretty little Miss Theresa Beale was
crowned “Miss Jaberwoek” at the an
nual celebration given by Alpha Mu Sig
ma Theta Sorority last Friday night in
the Addison High School auditorium. This
evening of entertainment, looked forward
to by many in the city, featured original
stunts and skits by the various organiza
tions. The versatile Kappas, with their
wit and ingenuity, were lucky first place
winners while the AKAs ran a close sec
ond.
******
Friends of Mr. Warner Jones will be
glad to hear that he is improving at the
Charlottesville hospital.
******
Mrs. Vivian Logan of Second St. N. E.,
was deligated to have as her house guest
last week, Mrs. Gertrude Gould of Wash
ington, D.C.
******
Mrs. Lottie Neeley reports a very pleas
ant trip out to 'The Buckeye State,’ where
she visited her daughter, Mrs. Constance
Green and family.
******
The ladies of the Tuesday Morning
Breakfast Club enjoyed o mosl delightful
morning last Tuesday as guests of Mrs.
Nannie Godfrey on McDowell Ave., N.W.
******
Mrs. Sallic Carter of Second St., N.E.,
has returned from John Hopkins Hospital
and is recovering rapidly at her home.
Mias Virginia Crews, Mr. Clarence Cun
ningham and little James Stanley Owens
spent a pleasant weekend in Salem as the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Shelton Burks.
******
The pastor’s Aid Society of Mt. Zion
AME Church were highly entertained
Sunday aftsmoon in the home cf the pas
tor and his w i f e, Rev. and Mrs. p. M.
Caldwell.
******
We regret to hear of the illness of Mrs
Sarah Brown on McDowell Ave., N.W.
and wish for her speedy recovery.
******
The Masons of Harrison Ave. N.W. are
enjoying a motor trip down into the “Tar
heel State,” where they will visit relatives
and friends.
sk id A A * *
The simple, but beautiful wedding of
Miss Mazie Lucile Ferguson to Mr. Bus
ter Waller, Jr., was solemnized by Rev.
Robert J. Smith at the home of the bride
on Harrison Ave., N.W. The double ring
ceremony was performed before an em
bankment of white snapdragons, carna
tions and gladoli with a background of
palm and tall cathedral candles.
Given in marriage by her brother, Rob
ert Ferguson, the bride wore a blue bal
lerina type gown of imported lace, with
a shoulder length veil falling from a blue
satin bonnet. She carried a white satin
prayerbook topped with an orchid. Miss
Loraine Hancock was maid of honor, Mr.
Harold Hancock served as best man.
Immediately after the ceremony a re
ception was given by the bride’s sister,
Mrs. Clara Reynolds.
♦ * * * * %
“The Owls Social Club” held its regu
lar business meeting last Thursday night
with Mr. J. O. Epps as host. Members re
port a very interesting meeting.
A A A A 0 A
The recently organized branch of the
Seven Day Adventist, has purchased the
lot on the corner of Eighth street and Mad
ison avenue, where they hope soon to erect
a building in which to hold their services.
A campaign is now underway to raise
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SCRIPTURE; Exodus 24; 28-.ll, W. 40.
DEVOTIONAL HEADING: Psalm I0t*.
P*EWER than two out of every
three Americans belong to any
chprch or synagogue. Yet the trav
eler across Amer
ica is never long
out of sight of some
house of worship.
With or without a
cross, with or with
out paint, every
few miles there will
be a church or
chapel or meeting
house, where like
minded people meet Dr Foreman
to worship the One
God. ;
• • •
Variety
TT is amazing, the confusing vari
^ oly of ways in which God is pub
licly worshipped. Some churches
an> liturgical; that is. the form of
the service is prescribed, printed in
a book, used with little change from
generation to generation. Homan
Catholic churches are of this kind
(though there is a wide range of de
tail in the procedures of different
Catholic churches); so are the Lu
theran, the Reformed and the Epis- |
copal churches, among others.
Other churches arc non-liturgical,
or free, in their mode of worship,
varying all the way from churches |
I with optional forms'of worship on
out to snake-handling sects like the
j "Church of God with Signs Follow
ing,” where you never know one (
; minute what is going to happen
( next.
The liturgical churches, too,
are different as can be. Some
liturgies are filled with chant
iug, incense, long and not easy
for a stranger to follow. Other
liturgies are brief and simple.
I The insides of these various
kinds of churches are just as
different as the Interiors of
j hotels—all the way from the
elegant Waldorf-Astoria down to
• the ramshackle boarding house
| of a frontier town. The leader
of the worship may he clad in
vestments gorgeous in the ex
treme, or In a plain black gown,
or dressed in shirt-sleeves.
Tite "man from Mars” would be
so bewildered by'lfft this that he
would ask; Is there anything at al)
that these different kinds ef worship
have in common?
Communion
P»CR an answer, we can go back
* more than 3,000 years to the
time when Moses was organizing his
people’s worship as he organized
the rest of their lives. You would
hardly have recognized that little
“tabernacle” in the wilderness as a
place of worship at all; it looked
like neither church nor synagogue
And what went on in the taber
nacle would look strange to a Jew
of today, stranger still to a Roman
Catholic, strangest of all to a “non
liturgical” Protestant. And yet,
what went on to m^ke that taber
nacle possible in the first place,
and what went on in it afterwards,
give us the answer to the question;
What do all the Innumerable forms
of worship have in common?
First of all Is communion with
God. In true worship we become
aware of. Him; In the New
Testament phrase, we “ap
proach with boldness the throne
of Grace.” Worship is right
when It actually brings the wor
shipper Into a cleansing con
sciousness of the nearness of
God,—when, indeed, he feels
and knows that it is “in Him
wc live and move and have our
being.”
Not every one reaches this divine
awareness In the same way.
Consecration
1>(JT there is another sire to wor
^ ship: Consecration. However
varied the order of worship may
be, one part of it will be found
nearly everywhere: the offering.
This Is actually one of the
most Important parts of the
service, though It Is often neg
lected and "skimmed." For the
offering Is not only Important In
itself, but It Is a great symbol of
what worship ought always to
be, a call to dedication.
Into the offering plate go bits of
silver, green paper, checks . . .
money? Yes, and more. This repre
sents something of the life and work
of the worshippers. Every man has
some better moments when he
would generously like to do some
thing to help the world. On Sunday
the church harnesses his vague good
will. It gives him a channel for his
generosity.
What a man gives ought never to
be TO the church but THROUGH
the church; it would be an expres
sion of gratitude to Ood from one
who knows that his whole life is
God’3 gift.
(Copyright tMl by the Division o f
Christian Education, National Council
of the Chnreheu of Chrlot In the United
Staten of Amerlaa, Released by WNU
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C. G. Greer Named To Post
On Interracial Commission
C. G. Greer was elected
vice-chairman of the Char
lottesville Interracial C o m
mission last week and L. R.
Perkins was elected treasur
er. Members decided to de
fer the naming of a chair
man until the next meeting
which will be held in De
cember.
Miss Sue Craig, secretary,
made the report of the nom
inating committee, asking
that another month be al
lowed before the nomination
of a chairman is made. She
was elected in May and will
continue to serve as secre
tary.
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