The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-03-26

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Men have ever been allured and
attracted by the glare and glitter of
the present world. There are a great
many people who are unwilling to
sacrifice the present for the good of
the future, and to believe that the
invisible is more potent and worth
while than the visible. They are I'M
willing to go further than they can
see or advance beyond their power
to reason. To such there is no world
or life but this, no objective beyond
human sight.
There are likewise seasons when
it seems that the powers of darkness
rule the universe and the spiritual
visions of men are blurred and black
eiied by worldly desire and gain. The
call of our age is in the direction
and the interest of the material and
we are rushing blindly to answer
the call. Our mad rush for worldly
things is leading us to destruction.
Already the day of our doom is
breaking and it takes no prophet to
tell what the result will be. We seem
to have forgotten that righteousness
exalteth a nation but sin is a re-
proach to any people, and that how
ever wealthy and outwardly prosper
GUS nation may appear, if the
fundamental and cardinal virtues are
absent, destruction is inevitable and
sure.
Unmistakable evidences of decay
are not lacking even in our own day
evidences that are manifested in
disintegration of home life, and FAM
lily discipline, fragrant immortality,
shameful debaucheries, dissolute or
gies, alarming growth of divorce,
dishonesty and corruption in public
office, and utter disregard for things
spiritual. These are all burning stars
in the armament of unerring de-
struction and damnation from which
there is no escape. We are spending
money for that which is not bread
and our labor for the which does not
satisfy.
The Right To Choose
God cannot be held responsible for
human conduct. He has delegated to
man the right and the power to
choose for himself his own life
course. 1t is this power to will, to
judge and to choose that differenti-
ates man from the lower creation
and places him strictly within the
realm of accountability. A man is
what he is by choice regardless to
what his environment and inheri-
lance may be, for he has the innate
power to overcome and conquer
these and carve his own destiny in
conformity with his desires. If a
man desires to walk the straight and
narrow way, it is open and inviting
if he desires to follow the line of
least resistance and just allow him,
self to drift with the current. he is
likewise responsible to God for his
conduct.
There can be no escape from the
memorable laws which constitute the
basis of human life and upon which
all human action and conduct de-
pend. If we dissipate our energies
ourselves for that which is not
worthy and labor for those things
which cannot satisfy then we must
die as surely as the night follows
the day and the very God who died
for all men cannot save us.
Truly:
To every man there openeth
A way. and ways and a way,
And the high soul climbs the High
way,
And the low soul gropes the low.
And in between on the misty flats,
The rest drift to and fro;
But to every man there openeth
A high way and low,
And every man decideth,
The way his soul shall go.
Grace Presbyterian Church, Rev.
John r. Harris, pastor. GAS a. m.
Sunday School. Rehearsal for Eas-
ter program.
IL a. m. Morning Worship. Palm
Sunday. The pastor will preach
on the subject: THE Triumphant
Entry" The choir will render spe-
cial selections.
$50 p. m. Young Peoples So
ciety. Open discussion. Musical
and literary program.
y. III. COhBIcBdllOH Will
unite with the other churches at
Mt Zion Baptist Church to con-
tinue the revival services. The
Rev. George F. Martin, d. D., pas
tor of the First A. M. E. Church,
will be the speaker. Gather them
in so that we might have a gospel
feast.
Phyllis Wheatley Y. w. G. A.
Miss Idell c. Vertner. executive sec
rotary Last Sunday Miss Charlotte
Fletcher was in charge of the
vesper program. Mr.. Marvin Gas
ton, University of Washington stu
dent, spoke on the Cultural De-
of the Negro" Next
Sunday Miss Jane Chandler will
have charge. Mr.. Zelmar Law
renee, also a student at the "U,"
will be her speaker. The "Y" is
glad to have presented such capable
young men as speakers.
The Junior Girl Reserves re-
ceived an interesting letter from
a Girl Reserve group In Antequira,
lnk aI I'll Ill.