Arkansas State press., 1941-08-08
Baptist to be killed ?

Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
Baptist to be killed?
Was it James "The Less" the
son of Alpheaus Called Cleopas)
Jesus mothers, sister Mary's
son, and cousin to Jesus, whom
they attempted to put to death
at the time of the crucifixion of
Jesus?
| Yves it James, "The Lord S
Brother" who was rot an apostle,
and was chief pastor and prince
pie teacher at the church of Jc-
rssalem, to whom Peter sent the
tidings of his delivery from pris-
on, who was chairman of the
| Council at Jerusalem, and who
sent the letters from the council
by Paul and Barnatlas to the
church at Antioch, Syria, stating
that circumcision was not essen.
tial to- the Christian religion 2
You are right. That's just who it
| is, Bishop of Jerusalem, the Lord S
Brother and furri h US the les
son for today.
What Is Religion
/ Sehleiermacher says; religion
Ms feeling of dependence upon
Ahigher power Man can only
rea{y re that when in crisis, when
all roaals are blocked, he throws
himself into the care of this pow,
err. As n le. nine times out of
ten when Re pulls over the crisis
his religion is about over. So we
cannot .".onfine it to feeling alone
Can't says; "Religion is the es-
seHtial thought whereby we can
kect ourselves to Cod Alright.
Nets climb the mountain from
three to five thousand feet, up
high enough to hear nature sing,
hum and buzz; look across the
world from all sides, look belo"
at the dense forest in the CANYON,
watch the sun rise or set; then
| look up and think about God,
then look at yourself; and you
will try to reason it out. That is
what the Ephesians did, but they
soon reasoned themselves eompltt-
| ly away, and Paul came ami
found God at their feet, even in
their mouths, and in their hands.
1t is fact you just cannot rea-
son it out alone.
Meinh says; "Religion is n
growth When Mr.. Meinz sail
"religion was a growth we
should think he mad more refer
ence to the dropping of customs
than anything else. The more pa
gan ore is, the more he thinks
it takes. The pagans have ali
sorts Of luck pieces, omens leng-
| thy ceremonies, superstitious ideas,
magic, witch-craft, restrictions,
punishments, sacrifices, and other
horrible things that we dare no.
mention all wrapped and mangl
ed in their religion; and they
think they are absolutely neccs.
sary. Paul found a world of this
sort of doings, and more in
Athens.
When the nations began to
grow and because enlighted,
they saw the uselessness of those
things and dropped them little hy
( little; every generation would lose
something. Yet, after two thou,-
and years, circumcision is still
tagging after the Christian ne
ligion in some places, most es-
pecially among some Of the
| Christian Jews. Just think how
much superstition and paganisn
we are yet carrying with the
| Christian religion ourselves; We
still believe there is a "bad luck
and are still superstitious about
| the figure "13" the rabbits
foot and making a cross mark
in the road, having to turn around;
you may say what you please, it
has all to do with CIR religion;
it is the paganism we have not
been yet able to Gull from cur
religion. As the nations lose
those things, i. what Mr. Meinl
means by growth.
What Is Consistent
Christian Living,
| Consistent Christian religion is
that religion that has the same
color each day; and does not
speak to some people all of the
time, and don't see the others in