Afro-American courier. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1926-19??, 1932-02-01

Destiny that which any person generation or thing
lis destined, appointed or predetermined
And God made the beast the earth after his kind
and cattle after their kind and everything that creepeh upon
the earth after his kind and God that it was good
lGen. l :25.
And Gcd said let us make in image after our
Aeness God created in his image the image
LOT God created he him. male and female created he Them
Gen. LIST Part 1921 He breathed into him the breath
lof life and he became living Soul"
After such blessed assurance as to the origin of man
seems foolish well sacreigous that many brilliant
mil DIS have teen wasted in trying trace his origin
thing different.
Can farther back than the beginning? seeking
to find out from whence he came losing sight
lcf something important whittier we goeth? Are we
Iatemptingo deny the existence of Supreme Being Mas
tier Mind Omnipotent and Omnpresen Being? FIVE do
mo- wish to call Him God will not give Him credit for
bell 6 more than mere man?
If this be true why cannot accept His explanation as
to our origin If we consider all matter material all mind
Science to what do attribute the Soul that everlasting
lundying part of man?
Man IS the only earthly creation of Gods with He
Entrusted the keeping of Soul Would deny the
presence of Soul Certainly yet the very fact that
has enough deny it's existence sufficient
proof that it does exist The soul is that restless part
man. it is seeking satisfied will it be
until the body returns to earth and the soul to the God Who
gave it.
Animals beasts never worry as to their origin or
destiny they have souls therefore, such technical prob
lens are unknown and undesirable Instinct with which
they endowed which sufficient to direct tber
simple lives, is easily satisfied
What does matter where we came from? From means
removed and since removed from origin, it
seems much sensible and necessary that
Iattentlon to where going We spend much time
looking behind that lose sight of what is before and
therefore often stumble onto the unexpected entirely
pared to Cope with it's conditions
How meeting conditions fundamentally in the
electrical whirlpool of modernism Are giving any very
serious thought to destiny? fear that not
lit that have allowed the rush, hustle and glitter
lof present conditions to SC dim and harden
sus that unable to the pathway of right and
righteousness which leads from Judeas owly manger to
Jenusaems glorious awakening made by Savior and
lighted by His holiness souls understand that
other path which leads from Cavarys bitter summit to the
throne of God and made immortal by the life blood
Iof Jesus, which marked every step of the way
Mans wisdom is folly to God" When think of this
Of scripture it recalls another spoken by the most
patient of men, job who sad Lord that Thou
from place. being creation that is sefeviden
for here but the thing not of is where
we going.
Why has not the wisdom of man been able to explain
the mysteries of the hereafter? Why must be left to
accept the explanations of the Bible in this particular
our imagination? What happens to the body after it
has been deposited into the earth? How does the soul live
on? What the millions of souls doing that have been
will it be ere the final ending? What then will become of
beautiful world with it's mlestones Of human achieve
and blasted hopes? Ah wise men,
please tell us something!
Some are so wise consider themselves able to
muncate with those who have passed. They claim that sr
it's return We shall argue that they may return and
walk but they do not talk and if they do they simply tell
us things that they would have do here in this world to
stragten things here possibly to help
join them there but they tell anything about
where they or what they doing Everything they
about something here about the things there
Some of them things there that they could not
would not learn here ITO discuss things which do
the other fellow and which, they themselves
do not understand
! We are passing yes but are we taking time in our
journey to imprint footsteps that those coming behind
us clearly tell the way have gone? Are our lives OF
such that would willingly have them follow?
i Fellow Travellers our way to destiny will
some wise man please tell us what that destiny will be?
TEMPORARY RECOMMENDATIONS.
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The Supreme Lodge recommends that all sick claims
suspended for the months of September and October