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Leading up to the lesson
By Bro. Richard Williams
Leading Up To The Lesson
Cain and Abel were the first
children born to Adam and Eve, so
far as the record indicates. Abel
was a herdsman, Cain was a far
mer. Both brought offerings to the
Lord—Abel brought the firstlings
of his flock; Cain, the first fruits
of the ground. God accepted
Abel’s offering, but rejected
Cain’s. This seems to have embit
tered Cain, and he slew his
brother.
Cain, having now become a sin
ner in a double sense, “went out
from the presence of Jehovah.” In
the land of Nod, he became the
progenitor of a numerous
posterity. Some of Cain’s descen
dants made considerable progress;
Jable invented musical instrumen
ts, and Tubal-cain made cutting in
struments of all sorts. Polygamy
also originated with Cain’s
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CHURCH MOTHER Mrs. Mary Eliza Williams receives
prdfhmiation from City Councilman Willie Mays 111.
Church mother honored
on 90th birthday
Mrs. Mary Eliza Williams, chur
ch mother of Greater Young Zion
Baptist Church was honored with a
90th birthday party on Nov. 24,
at the church.
The celebration included a
proclamatgion from the Mayor of
the city presented by Councilman
Willie Mays and tributes from
Black churches
bank on future
NEWARK The Black church
is a $5 billion “institution” with
over SSO billion worth of property
and represents one of the world’s
largest Black employers, said
Bishop John Hurst Adams, of the
Afrecan Methodist Episcopal
Church, Second Episcopal district
of Washington, D.C.
The Bishop was speaking recen
tly at the second annual New Jer
sey Black Issues Convention (BIC)
in Teaneck.
Urging Blacks to use the church
as a vehicle for Black economic
development, the bishop said,
“The Black church must address
the agenda of economic develop
ment and move Black people from
being exploited to being an em
powered group.”
“We’ve been struggling with
how to provide for ourselves. We
have to use what the Lord put in
our hands and take what we’ve got
and deliver our people to where
(hey ought to be. Black folks have
poured themselves into the church,
now that says. to me the Black
church is therefore automatically
under obligation to respond to the
needs of the people.” Bishop
Adams added.
The Bishop who is chairman of
the board of trustees of the Inter
denominational Theological Cen
ter (Iljfc) which is the largest Black
seminary in the country, is ad
vocating that the churches
participate in a collective banking
system
“In America economics deter
mines access to quality, whether
it’s health care or housing. If I can
afford to send my child to Har
vard, Yale or Princeton I know he
can coinoete. but if 1 have to
depend on the largness of the
government I can torget it,” he said.
The collective banking program
descendants. See Genesis 4:19-22,
Lamech, the first polymagist, was
also a murderer.
Seth another son born to Adam
and Eve, is counted in the line of
the patriarchs (Gen. 5). Among
his descendants, down to Noah,
only Enoch is worthy of special
mention. He “walked with God:
and he was not, for God took
him.” “By faith Enoch was tran
slated that he should not see death;
and he was not found, because
God translated him: for he hath
had witness borne to him that
before his translation he had been
well-pleasing unto God” (Heb.
11:5). Being a prophet he warned
the people of God’s wrath against
all the ungodly and sinners (Jude
14,15).
The Cause Os The Flood Man
had progressed in wisdom rather
than in righteousness. They were
flesh (Gen. 6:3); or. according to
friends, community affiliates,
church auxiliaries and the pastor.
Mrs. Williams presently serves
in the church as president of the
Deaconness Board, vice president
of the Willing Workers Club and
a member of the Sunday School.
The celebration was sponsored
by the Willing Workers Club, Rev.
William B. Blount is the pastor.
was designed to increase the
economic power of Blacks in cities.
The idea is for 10 churches in the
same area to allot $250,000 each to
a pool and deposit the monies into
one account and request a higher
interest rate. Adams said the
program has been implemented in
Washington and Detroit.
“Black churches can make the
difference and allow Black people
to move from consumption to
production,” Bishop Adams con
tinued.
The Bishop said since the
program began about two years
ago, bankers have been making
bids for the collective banking ac
counts.
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the marginal reading in the
American Standard Version, “In
their going stray they are flesh.”
Corruption had been added to
corruption, and sin piled up on sin,
till “Jehovah saw that the wicked
ness of man was great in the earth
and that every imagination of the
thoughts of his heart was only evil
continually” (Gen. 6:5). “And the
earth was corrupt before God, and
the earth was filled with violence”
(verse 11). There was no thought
of good in their hearts.
Jesus says -they were eating
drinking, marrying, and giving in
marriage till the flood took them
away. Selfish indulgence, wicked
scheming and plotting corrupt
practices, red-handed violence,
made up the sum-total of their
lives. No greater depravity could
be reached. The cup of their
iniquity was full—all possibility of
reformation was gone. Hence,
Christmas concert
to be given
The annual Christmas concert by the
Paine College choir is scheduled for
December 2, under the direction of
John Williams, and with accom
paniment by William Christmas.
The program offers an array of
traditional carols and spirituals and
also features two selections for
brasswinds which will be performed by
the Augusta Symphony Trombone
Quartet.
Featured soloists will include Saun
dra Davis, soprano, and Julian Miller,
baritone, in a duo from the Christmas
Oratorio by Camille Saint-Saens;
Gaynelle Hawkins, soprano and Etha
Pitts, contralto will sing solo perfor
mances in “Listen to the Angels” and
“Roun’ de Glory Manger”, both
traditional spirituals.
Selections for, brasswinds that will be
performed by the Augusta Symphony
Trombone Quartet are Franz Joseph
Haydn’s “Achieved is the Glorious
Work” and “Hark the Herald Angels
Sing.”
The concert is dedicated to the
memory of Mrs. Ruby Jenkins, recen
tly deceased faculty emeritus of Paine’s
music department.
The concert is set for 7:00 p.m. in
the Gilbert-Lambuth Memorial Chur
el. Admission is free and the public is
cordially invited.
Student recital
to be held
The Aundra Clark School off
Music will present its first student
recital Dec. 6 at 6:45 p.m.
The students will play the piano,
trumpet, saxophone and quitar.
Voice students will also par
ticipate.
The recital will be held at the Fr
iendship Baptist Church on Laney-
Walker Blvd.
The Aundra Clark School of
Music will present the Augusta
Chapter of the James Cleveland
Workshop Choir in concert Dec.
8 at 7 p.m. at the Frien
dship Baptist Church. Other
groups will also appear.
Methodist women
to celebrate
Federation Day
The Federation Day Celebration
of Methodist Women will be held
at Williams Memorial C.M.E
Church, 1630 - 15th Street, Dec. 4
at 7 p.m. The theme will be Family
Life Education: The Christian
Home. The public is invited
God determined to destroy them;
yet he gave them.
One Hundred And Twenty
Years Os Respite Some have
thought that Noah was engaged
120 years in building the arks; this
is a mistake, as the following dates
will show; Noah was 500 years old
at the birth of his oldest son (Gen.
5:32; 7:6; 11:10). He was 600 years
old at the flood (Gen. 7:6). His
oldest son was therefore only 100
years old at the flood. But his
three sons were all married when
God commanded him to build the
ark (Gen. 6:13-18). The 120 years
mentioned was the period of
respite which God gave the people
when he informed Noah that his
Spirit would not always strive with
them.
Noah And His Family To
Noah and his wife were born three
sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth.
These sons had wives. Only the
family of Noah were righteous,
and only they found favor in the
eyes of Jehovah. Os Noah it id
said, “Noah was a righteous man,
and perfect (marginal reading,
blameless) in his generation; Noah
walked with God” (Gen. 6:9).
“Righteous,” or just, signifies that
he treated his fellow-man right.
“Blameless” indicates that he had
no bad habits.
“Walked with God” indicates
his confidence and trust in God,
and his reverence and piety towar
ds him. Thus he “found favor in
the eyes of Jehovah.” Lamech,
Noah’s father, had prophesied
concerning him, saying, “This
same shall comfort us in our work
and in the toil of our hands, which
cometh because of the ground
which Jehovah hath cursed” (Gen.
5:29).
Noah was a preacher of
righteousness (II Pet. 2:5).
Through him as God’s inspired
spokesman the Spirit was striving
with the people. For more than a
century Noah preached with no
results outside his own family. To
a less heroic spirit that would have
been unbearably discouraging.
The people gave no heed, did not
even believe a flood would come,
and knew not of their doom till
destruction was upon them (Matt.
24:39). Butwhensafeintheark.it
must have been a comforting
thought to Noah to realize that he
had saved his owned.
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Ms. Emma Gafford
BEULAH GROVE MACEDONIA Ch _ u . fch
BAPTIST CHURCH BAPTIST CHURCH i v wit 3
1428 Poplar Street 72 Laney-Walker Blvd. „ ** Ja , „ „
„ . ic Chairman of Dea . Board
Rev. Sam Davis Rev. J.S. Wnfht. Partor
7 Arcadia Court Church Phone 722-1389 Home Phone 722-1078
North Augusta Sunday „ .
Phone 278-3695 9:30a.m. Sunday School ~ J® * ?? d y .
KPK -rta inax lla.m. Morning Wonhip 11:15 a m Morning Worship
Church Phone 724-1086 6p m. Baptist Training. Union t ’ » fc ..
Eveni Wofjhi 5 p.m The Shaw Chorr Reh sal
Suaday . Ist and 3rd Sundays)
9:30a.m. Sunday School Tueuday
Ham. Morning Worship p etaa * Sr Choir Rehearsal 7 p m
6 p.m. B.T.U. lunior (before 2nd and 4th Sundays)
7:30 p.m. Evening Service 5p m Junior Mission Wedaeaday
Each 3rd Sunday 7 p m . Gospel Choir Rehearsal
Holy Communion (before Ist and 3rd Sundays)
Monday Senior Choir in charge of
5 p.m. Jr. Missionary Socty. song service 2nd and 4th Sun
Tuesday RET. CALVARY days. Gospel Choir has charge
5 p.m. Jr. Missionary Socty. BAPTIST CHURCH o f son g service Ist and 3rd Sun
Wednesday 1252 Wrightsboro Rond day. Senior Mission meeting
7:30p.m Prayer Service Rev. Clyde Hill Sr.. Paator Ist and 3rd Tuesdays at 5 p m
Saturday Church Phone 722 0925 Senior Usher Board meeting
I la.m. “An Hour With God” Home Phone 722-8242 is: Wednesday of each month at
6pm
CRAWFORD 8 a.m. Morning Worship Junior Usher Board meeting
BAPTIST CHURCH Early ever * ,sl and 3rd Sundays after
955 Florence Street „ am Morning Worship
RevJCharles Moore 5:30 p.m. Church in Training
Church Phone 724 2009 Tusaday ST. MARK UNITED
7p “ Bible Clam METHODIST CHURCH
9:45 a m Sunday School A __ - --■— ~ - D .
rx,. r nr A\i UlraKKd In Chara? 1291 Msrk S Church Rd.
Dm. Cordy Hobbs In Charg 7 p.m. Prayer Service Augusta, Georgia
II 20 am. , .Morning Worship Dr. Roland Haynes, Paator
Mouday 7 p.m. Church School Smsday
7p „ m Teachers Meeting Sunday School
7:30 p.m. Club No. 2 |t».m. Worship Service
4 p.m. Senior Mission
7 p.m. Prayer Meeting
5 p.m. Choir OLD STORM BRANCH
7 p.m. Senior Choir BAPTIST CHURCH
M. Benefield, In Charge Old Storm Branch Road
FfMay Rev. Nathaniel Irvin Sr., Pasta
Child Development Center BAPTIST CHURCH
'GOODSHEPHERD 593-3274 R-v^T
BAPTIST CHURCH Sunday
Rev. Essie Mclntyre. Pa-tor 10a.m. Sunday School
Dea. A Frarier, Hon Supt. Ham. Morning Worship Homc
Church Phone 733-0341 NursenPrcvxW
1905 Suns* Avenue Bible Study foe Men ’la.m. Sunday Worship
H^m" 1 Montinifworship 5:30 p.m. Prayer Service 7 p.m. Prayer Meeting
som B.T.U. Thursday Thursday
6p # . Evening Worship Bible Study for Women 7:30 p.m. Sensor Chou
7 pm Bible Study 12 0000 Study for all 6 p.m. Gospel Choir Reh 'si
Sunday 5:30 p.m. Worship
9 50a.m. Sunday School 7:30p.m. Gospel Ch RA’d
11 a.m. Morning Worship Thuradnj
6:30 p.m Evening Worship 7Jop.m Sartor Ch. RAM
Mua. Thru Fit. Bomrdng
6:45 a m.-5:30 p.m. Day Care 2 pan- Lada Key Ch. RA'lj
CMtr service for dddren age 1-5 3
The Augusta News-Review December 1,19841
Your church
Mrs. Geneva Y. Gibson, Church Coordinator
Church Reporters: Miss Theodosia Edwards,
Joseph E. Johnson, George Turner, Bennie
Mae Williams.
1454 Florence Street
SUNDAY SCHEDULE
Sunday School.. 9:45 a.m. Tfa
Morning Worship...ll: a.m. JE
Training Uni0n...5:15 p.m
TUESDAY MP** ilBjF
Prayer Service...7:3o a.m. V'
church 724-2809
Resident 738-1365 1 F
" Rev. R.E. DomMson
Church of Christ
1002 D'Antignac Street
SU N DAY SC HEDU L E |
Bible Study ’. .9:45 a.m y- ■'
Worship 11:00a.m. >■-
Evening Worship. . . 6:30 p.m
MONDAY
Brethren L'shipClass. . 7 p.m.
FRIDAY HW
Praver Service 7 p.m.
Song Practice 7 p.m.
722-0059 Office Minister
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