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The Omaha guide., 1937-01-23
ST. JOHN A. M. E. CHURCH
1.-THE Friendly Church"
Rev. r. A. Adams, Pastor

In spite of the cold weather, the
attendance at Sunday school and
church at st. John last Sunday
were very good.
Rev. Adams, the pastor, preach
ed at the morning service and Rev.
John Adams, presiding elder of the
Kansas district, preached at night.
Both of the ministers preached
very fine sermons, full Of valuable
information for those who are seek
ing to know the truth.
We often think of these two min
lsters as being among the best In
formed of the AME church and
one should always feel It a great
privilege to- hear them.
The sick Of the church reported
were Mrs. Aquilla Wilson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Hubs; Mrs. A. ]. Le-
fall, Mrs. j. Johnson, Mrs. Man
ley, Mrs. A.. Stevens, Mrs. Tile
Simpson, and Mrs. Mable Avant.
There were others whose names
were not passed in, but we wish
for all a speedy recovery.
Rev. Adams and his officers are
working hard to get plans for the
financial drive worked out. This
drive will close about the first week
of March. It should be the strong
desire of every member and friend
Of st. John to help make this a sue
of I. John to help make this a sue
cessful campaign. Now is the time
to show your love for your church.
No visitors cards were passed In
last Sunday, but visitors r al
ways welcome to st. John, and In
vited to make it their church home
while in the city.
The choir will now start work
ing on its Easter program and get
ting ready for the Goodwill Spring
Musical which will take place at
Pilgrim Baptist church the second
Sunday in March at 2:45 p. m
Let all old members make all the
practices now and get in good
shape.
The Omaha guide., 1937-01-23
METROPOLITAN CHURCH
NEW

Due TO cold weather the attend
anee at the Metropolitan was small.
Sunday morning although the
spirit was there; at IL c'cock, Rev.
Johnson preached from PHILIPPIANS
3:1S-14. Subject, "Press On
The 6 o'clock Union was well at
tended with the pastor in charge.
At 8 o'clock Rev. Johnson brought
before us another interesting SER
mon from St. John 81 verse. Sub
ject, Lord help me" Those that
were there to- witness, were filed
with a new inspiration. You too,
are welcome to the services. The
sout-of-town visitor who worshipped
with us Sunday night was Mrs.
Rev. Isom Johnson from St. Louis,
The Omaha guide., 1937-01-23
A TEMPLE CHURCH
Rev. ID. w. Bass, Pastor
Henryetta Maklns, Reporter

Our thought for the week; 20,
Give thanks unto the Lord, for he
Is good: for His mercy endureth
forever" Ps. 107-1verse.
Rev. VIM. Garrett of the Metro
politan Spiritual church spoke for
the Junior church services. His
talk was taken from the 9Th chap
ter Of Romans 35th verse. Thanks
TO Mr.. Garnett for the wonderful
theme.
Rev. ID. w Bass preached the
morning sermon from the teach
fngs of Christ. IF thou wilt be
perfect go and e that thou hast
and give to the poor and thou shall
have treasure In heaven and come
and follow me-" The spiritual mani
Hesitation was unusually pre-emin-
ent.
Nj. Y. w. Logan spoke to tht
young people at the Epworth lea.
que. His subject, "Hand and Brain
was very appreciatable. His though.
was without hand, thoughts eoulC
not be moulded into things"
Mrs. Truxon, a Baptist evange
list and mission worker was pre-.
ent at the morning service, tn
Epworth league and preached a
the night service. The Junior choir
sang both morning and night.
The Loyal Matrons are giving
pew rally next Sunday night. Gu,
own pastor will preach the specia
sermon. The Forward Step clul
met with Mrs. Alice Hunter thi
week. For the sick we pray
speedy recovery.
The Omaha guide., 1937-01-23

Rev. Nickeson.
Scripture Reading, Psalm, Rev.
C. L. Union.
Chorus
Scripture =, st. Luke 15:17-1S by
Pastor, Rev. J. II. Reynolds. His
subj ct was Personal RESPONSE
bility.p
BYPU at 6 p. m. 1t was well at
tended. President, Mr.. E. Faux
ner.
Night Service at 800 p. m, sub
jet Il will arise and go back to
my Father" preached by our pas
tor, Rev. J. H. Reynolds.
Since Rev. Reynolds has come to
US, we have had twelve candidates
for baptism and about % new add
itions to the church since our
baptism. We have five to baptize as
soon as our pastor returns from
his trip.
II yu want your soul revived,
come to Pleasant Green Baptist
church, 9th and FranklinSts.
SHE Willing Workers club viii
meet this week at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. Bishop Pearl, l105 IL No.
18th st. Visitors are welcome. Mrs.
iauling, president.
The Autumn Leaf club will meet
at the home Of Mrs. L0ttie Reyes,
2217 No. 25th, Mrs. Waters, pre-
sident.
The Omaha guide., 1937-01-23
After Death
Immortality

Death brings every human being
face to face with the greatest my,
stery known to man. It. is that which
closes all the scenes that be be-
tween the morn of laughter and the
night Of tears, and where ends the
faults, the truths, joy, grief, care
less shallow and tragic deeps of
earthly life. But why should dread
that which come to all that is. You
do not know, you cannot realize
which is the greatest blessing. Life
or death. You can not say death Is
net better and those that believe
in Immortality know that the grave
Is not the end of your existence,
but that 1t is a door way to anoher,
more beautiful life and that the
nights of sadness here Is the dawn
Of your soul into a spiritual life.
No person has a right to say that
the future life of one passed cut
Is filed with pain or sorrow. at is
only ignorance of what death real
ly is that causes anyone to regard
It with dread and sorrow. Have you
ever stood by the bedside of a dying
friend just as the spirit was about
to leave the body? A bright smile
seemed to appear upon the face of
the dying one. He seems to realize
and know hat they are going to-
a better land. The old fear of eter-
nal punishment fades away and
there seems to be greater insight
into the spiritual and eternal life.
There is still something warm and
familiar in those loved ones Of ours
for whom we yearn that have pass
ed the change called death. They
are not cold and CHASTITY as they
seem at death. But human, SYM
pathetic with familiar faces. They
are not lost to us ON earth, but they
are just a little farther away. Man
needs not be afraid to die; for the
soul there is no death, only contin-
uous life. We are living in an age
that the demonstrations of the re-
turn of spirit Is a positive fact.
Those who have passed into the
spiritual world can and do return
to us at times and we have know
ledge of their presence. All super
stitution dread and fear of spirit
of the dead should be banished and
in their place should come that
sweet sacred feeling of love. For
this cause was the gospel preach
ed to those hat are dead q Peter,
fourth chaper 9th verse) To know
the truth and the truth shall make
you free.
Alone We're He And She
She is dead, they said to him,
come away; kiss her and leave her,
thy love is clay and they held their
breaths as they left he room. With
a shudder to glance at the stiffness
and gloom but ne who loved her
too well to dread, the sweet, the
stately, the beautiful dead. He lit
his lamp and took his key and turn
ed it..
Alone We're He and She.
G. A. Harrington
Spiritual Missionary
The Omaha guide., 1937-01-23
MT. NEBo BAPTIST CHURCH
3211 Pinkney Street
Rev. ]. G. Gates. Pastor
Mrs. u. l.. Billingsley, Reporter

Sunday school was conducted by
the Supt. Bro. Common. Attendance
was fair. Morning services were
also fairly attended. The pastor
PREACHED a most wonderful ser
mon in all simplicity from the sub
ject, eye are the light of the world.
A city chat is set on a hill cannot
b. hid Matt. SID.
BYPU had a very interesting
lesson. Rev. Harris, the presiden.
Is putting forth every effort for
rs success. Rev. Renfro brought
the evening message. lie spoke
from 81. John 2:25. All were splr-
itually fed.
The Omaha guide., 1937-01-23
CHURCH OF THE
q
2a1G North 25th Street
Elder 2. G. Green. Pastor
Mrs. {. A. rrayboy. Reporter

Sunday school lesson was taught
from the I 18th chapter Of st. John
7s24. The pasor came at 1880 and
preached a wonderful sermon. At
- 80 p. m. the pastor preached an
other inspiring seron The attend
ance was very gratifying. The Pas
tors AID club will meet Friday
night.
The program will begin at 1870
Sunday, January gath and we are
asking our many friends to come
cut and be with US.
The PASTORS Aid club was very
successful with the program last
Sunday.
The Omaha guide., 1937-01-23
PLEASANT GREEN BAPTIST
G u R @ H
Rev. j. IL. Reynolds, Pastor
Mrs. Lottie Keyes, Reporter

Sunday school at 9 a. m. was well
attended. The pastor, Rev. J. H.
Reynolds, reviewed each class sep
arately on the lesson to see what
the scholars learned from their
teachers.
Morning Service
Devotions, 10 to IL a. M, head
ed by deacons of the church.
IL a. m. Pastor entered rostrum
Chorus procession 11:05 a. m.
president, Mrs. Barge.
Odening Prayer, 11:10 a. M,
The Omaha guide., 1937-01-23
MORNING STAR BAPTIST
o II u R @ H
26O8 Franklin Street

Rev. VIM. Pruitt, Acting Pastor
Mrs. w. E. Frederick, Reporter
The Omaha guide., 1937-01-23

The Union Mission Circle will
hold It's regular meeting with Par
adise Baptist church on Sunday
afternoon, Jan. cath, at 3 p. m.
Everyone s asked to come and en-
joy this bog get together meeting.
The Omaha guide., 1937-01-23
NATIONAL

CD Fight for a passage of the Dyer Anti Lynch bill and thus stop
the shameful. lynching of American citizens.
() One of our citizens in the presidents cabinet.
60 Federal control of the educational sysem that every child
must have a high school education.
az Assist in the furtherence ofrecearch by our scientists and His
torians to prove that civilization was first founded in Africa.
90 Establish a political Influence which will bring about our pro-
rata of higher appointments made by our chief executives.
0) Stop graft in politics by passing Federal Law making election
day a legal holiday and compelling every American citizen of voting age
to vote.
Cd Prevent further wars by teaching the socaled white race that
it's high time for them to quit fooling themselves about white supremacy
with only threetenths of this worlds population. They must be taught
that color is due to climatic conditions. They must be taught that seven
tenths of the worlds population is made up Of darker races. They must
be taught that the rays of the sun that bLazes upon the equator and turn
the skin brown do not effect the power Of the brain any more than the
GOODNESS of icy glaciers effect the brain Of the white race; and that the
darker races will not continue to be crushed by a money mad fed. If the
Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood Of man are not welded into the
hearts of this worlds family now, by teaching the PRINCIPLES laid down hv
our Saviour, it will be welded into the hearts Of our children som day
soon, on the bloodiest battlefield this world has eyer known
The Omaha guide., 1937-01-23
PLEASANT GREEN CHURCH Il.
TO GIVE RALLY IN FEB.

Pleasant Green Baptist Church
rally the fourth Sunday in Febru-
airy to raise money for the Scholar
ship Fund of the Nebaska-Iowa-
South Dakota Association.
The Omaha guide., 1937-01-23

ual hour with the superintendent
presiding. The attendance was good.
The morning services were con-
Quoted by the pastor, Rev Pruitt,
with Rev. z. E. MCGEE, bringing the
The Omaha guide., 1937-01-23

The Pick Up cub will meet at
the home Of Mrs. Woods, 9th and
Hamilton SITS. President, Mrs. Nc
Intosh.
Evening star., 1937-10-31

extra education in art. I have always
remembered one statement by BenJa-
min Constant, for it has proved abso-
lutely true in my own experience.
Remember he once told me, that
the best part of any portrait will be
painted after the sitter has gone.
TODD has what he calls photo
graphic mind" He needs only to
spend short while with the subject
of a portrait before he has mental
image so clear and distinct that 1t re-
mains with him during the entire
painting of the picture. And so vivid
is this mental image that he can paint
the subject without sittings, once it is
established. This curious and interest
ing gift of retention accounts for his
great ability in painting portraits OF
men and women who are no longer
living. Old photographs, or memo
randa that contribute to conception
of their personality. are all he needs
to catch the spirit and personality.
On one occasion, when portrait OF
our first Ambassador to France, Joel
Barlow, was requested, Todd painted
striking portrait after looking at a
marble bust of Barlow done by Houdin
and with such excellent results that il
is as lifelike and compelling as If Bar
low himself had sat for the painting
During the five years that Todd spent
Evening star., 1937-10-31
ARTIST PAINTS FOR AMERICA
H. Stanley Todd, With World Tnumphs to His Credit Comes
to Make Home in Capitalists Masterpiece, "Ihe Naz-
arene" Ranks With Great Works.

Somerset, who was president OF the
British branch of the union
During those early years Todd also
painted the Duchess of Bedford, the
Countess of Dudley, wife of the Earl
of Dudley, and numerous other MEM
bers of British nobility. In America,
when he returned from his studies
abroad and during 80 years devotion
to portraiture, he painted President
Theodore Roosevelt. President Nc
Kinley and hundreds of distinguished
Americans. The famous Todd Lin
coln," the head which appears on the
Lincoln penny, was also the work OF H.
Stanley Todd.
Here, as a matter of fact, is an
artist who began to draw and paint
almost as soon as he could speak.
When he was 5 years old he. had a
notebook filled with sketches which
bore such titles as "A Man." "A
Horse" and similar marks of identifi-
cation. Having been born in st. Louis
into a well-to-do and distinguished
family. Todd attended the Washing
ton University in that city and during
his last year there majored in art.
IRON the first he was certain OF
what he wished to do in life. and
fortunately for the world his parents
we're in complete accord with his as
pirations. Thus when he suggested at
the end of his third year at the univer-
sity that he would like to go to Paris
to study he had to overcome none of
those parental objections that have
so often stood in the way of the de-
velopment of genius. Of to Paris he
went and with the parental blessing on
his handsome head.
II worked with what believe were
the half dozen real workers in all Paris
in that day." he recalls. "and it was
my privilege to study under the two
incompatible masters, Benjamin Con-
slant and Jean Paul Laurens. What
ever know of painting owe to them.
/ shall never forget those days in the
Julian Academy when the masters were
to come to criticize the work of the
students. No matter what any one
was doing when they appeared, all
work had to cease, and If tie model
we're on the stand he would have to
remain there, perfectly motionless until
the tour of inspection was over. I
have seen them drop over from ex-
haustion. but no one stirred. once the
masters had entered the studio.
They would walk slowly among the
easels. studying the work critically, and
we would stand awaiting their judg-
ment, scarcely daring to breathe. Il
learned French perfectly, so that I
would have the privilege OF interpret
ing the criticisms to English students.
In that way I received an invaluable
Evening star., 1937-10-31

studying at the Julian Academy In
Parislhe was accustomed to spend sea-
sons at the summer place of his friend,
Lady Henry Somerset. The estate was
known as the Priory and was situ-
ated in Rigate, Surrey. Later, upon
his return to America, Todd named
his own estate in Long Island the
Priory. after the estate of his British
friend. 1t was at the Priory few
years ago that the artist painted THE
Nazarene." While this delightful
place in Huntington no longer pro-
duces the noted breed Of Jerseys for
which it has been famous in the past,
and its owner no longer takes farm
ing as seriously as he once did, Col.
and Mrs. Todd spend many of their
summers in the fine old farmhouse
set amid its green acres.
There is nothing of the "arty" artist
about Todd. He prefers to be called
painter" and he refers to his studio
as his workshop" He has always
been great athlete, and during his
Paris student days spent his leisure
| time in boxing Three historical
events he witnessed during this period
left deep impression upon him. The
humiliation of Dreyfuss and the
| courtyard incident already referred
| to, the assassination of Sadie Carnot,
which he witnessed, and the funeral
| of Louis Pasteur.
Evening star., 1937-10-31

TT WAS while Todd's mother was
visiting him in Paris that she be-
came i'll and he had to return with
her to America. He remained in the
United States for many years, setting
up his studio and seriously giving
himself to portraiture. After his first
marriage, during this period, he took
up the study of engineering and be-
came president of an engineering
firm. Later he became associated in
business way, in an engineering
project, with the man who later be-
came President and his very good
friend, Herbert Hoover. For eight
years Todd did not touch a brush to
canvas, but the war, if it brought him
great suffering and wide experience,
also returned him to painting.
When the war broke out Todd en-
listed and came to Washington, En-
tering the War Department Attached
to the Intelligence Division of the
general staff. He studied night and
day, determined to earn his rank and
was commissioned a colonel after his
military studies. Three times he was
ready to go abroad. but so important
we're the services he was performing
in Washington he was not permitted
to go across until after the armistice.
Then he was sent to France and Bel
gium by the War Department as
commissioner for the Red Cross, in
full control of all relief work, with
more than 5000 cities and towns
under his direct charge.
"All my life" Col. Todd told me,
81 had burned with the desire to
paint a living Christ, to give a new
conception of Christ to the world.
had made several attempts, but no
one of them satisfied me. Each
seemed but pictorial representation.
During my work in France and Bel
gium directly after the war I wit
messed such incredible suffering. I
saw so much misery and restitution
and was so long in the midst of dis
eased and dismembered men that I
could scarcely rest for the intensity
Of the conviction that I should paint
new Christ-a Christ triumphant
over death and human suffering, a
| Christ that could command the uni
verse yet could be gentle as child.
THE thought would not leave me.
1t grew and grew, and THE Naza-
rene" painted upon my return to the
United States, was the result. 1t was
painted in eight hours of divinely in
spired labor, but it had taken 40
years for the ideal to materialize on
canvas. 1t was painted without a
model. purely inspirationally, and in
all humility I state that I consider
myself no more than the instrument
the channel. through which THE
Nazarene" was given to the world
Once it was painted it was no longer
mine, and my work in producing il
was finished.
1T has gone all over the world anc
its history has been amazing. Sc
amazing. in fact. that at times it has
overwhelmed me. Mahatma Gandh
has full-size photo of The Nazarene
in the Ashran in India. The Mahar-
ajah of Barada saw it at the Chicago
Worlds Fair and has sought to pur-
chase it at any price for India. But
feel The Nazarene' belongs to Amer.
Evening star., 1937-10-31

lea, and I intend to keep it in my
native country That is why have
consented to its being shown for the
second time in Washington this win
ter, for when it was exhibited few
years ago many thousands wrote me
requesting its return.
II am not primarily a painter of
religious pictures. am portrait
painter. But I painted one other re-
ligious picture which was likewise
purely inspirational. This is 'Immor-
tality,' and I made the first sketches
for it during severe illness, rising
from my bed in clear interludes amid
delirium and jotting down the mental
impressions as they came to me. 1
dated these drawings and put them
away, and days later. when able to
get about again, I Immediately set
about transferring the vision to can
vas. I made three canvaSses in all.
returning in the third to the original
conception, both in form, transparency
and spirituality. This canvas is 10
feet high. They have built beau
tiful shrine for it in Los Angeles,
where it is exhibited"
COL. TODD spoke glowingly of the
- new Washington, the city that
has risen beside the Potomac since
the days when he was on war duty
in the Capital.
1T is the most beautiful city in the
world" he asserts enthusiastically,
land nothing will make me happier
than to establish my permanent home
here. The classic beauty of the new
buildings, the green parks. the wide
clean streets and, best of all, that at
mosphere which is like that of no
other city in America.
Washington is city that should
be an inspiration to any painter. II
is the meeting place of men and women
who are making history, and it is
bright with tradition. I have been
dwelling mentally for some time upon
historical canvasses that will be SYM
bolic Of all that America has accom-
plished and all that she stands for
| And hope it will be my privilege
] in time to put these on canvas"
Evening star., 1937-10-31
American Off for Europe
With Advice on Diet
(Continued From First Page.)

problem seemed too large or too small
for it to tackle in its 327-page report.
Considered were the vast sections
Of the population Just lazing along
for lack of various vitanins:
The coed who diets to stay slender
was warned Of the error OF her ways:
Indeed, among young women there
has been an increase in tuberculosis
during recent years in some countries.
This state of affairs has been ascribed
by some to the modern habit OF
'slimming,' by others to the greater
expenditure dictated by modern habits
of life on clothes, which leaves too
little money to the purchase Of proper
food. Efforts Of an educative nature
ought to be taken to make adolescent
boys and girls realize that the best
health and the fullest physical and
mental development are only possible
If their dietary contains an abundance
OF the protective foodstuffs."
Even the shinnying small boy had
his bit of advice. He wouldn't break
his bones 30 often if his food had
more calcium content. He should
drink more milk.
OF FAR more moment we're some OF
- its main lines of argument. Not
nation on this food-filled globe has
nearly enough nutrition. In the
United States of America, the United
Kingdom and western Europe, where
the record is best, such sore spots as
the following were found: Mortality
rates in the depressed districts OF
South Wales 166 per cent above
those Of the well-to-do districts.
Pellagra still a problem in the south
ern States of the United States.
about 80 per cent of the deciduous
teeth of British children imperfectly
developed" And this from an Aus
tralian nutrition council: THE pale,
puffy, even slightly overweight child,
with continual catarrh, colds and
chronic bronchitis, came to be such a
familiar type that it could be recog-
nized as it came through the door"
Far worse was the reported situation
of the peasant class of central and
eastern Europe, where serious prob
lem of malnutrition exists, made
vivid by this sentence: Frequently, the
consumption of meat in peasant house.
holds is restricted to one pig per year,
which is slaughtered at Christmas.
More battling still were Asia and the