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June Z, Lesson 10
FRIDAY: THE DAY OF
SUFFERING CID
Christ's Words on the Cross
Mark 1898 "a; Luke 23:33-i6
(Comparp John 1925 30)

Mark l5:33-34; Luke 23:33-i6
Compare John 9:25 a0)
The midnight agony and betray-
al in Gethsemane were followed
by the mock trials, three ecclas-
istical and three civil Finally
PLAT signed the death warrant.
At nine o'clock that April morn
ing Jesus was crucified between
two thieves at Golgotha. After
six dreadful hours on the cross,
he bowed his head and gave up the
ghost.
Lesson Text and Outline
Mark 15;33-3i; Luke 23:33-i6
| Crucified on Calvary Uuke 23)
33 And when they came unto the
place which is called The skull,
there they crucified him, and the
malefactors, one ON the right hand
and the other ON the left. "a And
Jesus said, Father, forgive them;
for they know not what they do.
And parting his garments among
Alltlllt tlty NhHI AVtH'
ii Mocked by the Multitude
duke 23)
80 And the people stood behold
ing. And the rulers also scoffed at
him, saying, He saved others, let
him cave himself, if this is the
Christ Of God. his chosen. 80 And
the soldiers also Knocked him, com
ing to him, offering him vinegar,
81 and saying, If thou art the
King Of the Jews, save thyself.
80 And there was also a super
scripticn over him, This is the
King of the Jews.
i'll Saving the Penitent Thief
U.ukc 23)
80 And one of the malefac,o rs
that were hanged rallied on him,
saying Art not thou the Christ?
save thyself and us. 40. But the
other answered, and rebuking him
said Dost thou not even fear God,
seeing thou art in the same con-
demnatoin? Al And we indeed
Justly; for we receive the due re-
ward of our dceds but this man
hath done nothing amiss. AZ And
he said, Jesus, remember me when
thou contest in thy kingdom. AZ
And he said unto him, Verify !
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with the thought that those who
plan to pattern a new day need
now definitions for that nebulous,
ileeting rainbow VI liberty. which
in present day language we call
democracy.
Wcstbrook Pegler, in his current
ou,burst against journalisties, and
is caustic criticism Of black
thought, perhaps does not know
democracy is the creature of black
morality. White men have in the
past Two thousand years done
serious damage to great social
experiment spawned in black cul-
ture, and in this day and hour
when civilization is topping We be-
lieve it would be an excellent thing
il white folk would harken to men
Of a great race, who out of the
mores of their existence gave de-
moeraey to the world.
If columnist Pegler can Gull time
from busy day long enough to
read Josephus, chapters four and
five, which tells of the antiquity
of the Jews, he will learn that
Jethro, the Ethiopian, and fathel-
Sinai, and after criticising Misses
in law Of Moses. stood on Mount
plan of administration, announced
for the first time in written his
tory, as Josephus records it, the
present day plan upon which the
American government now oper-
ates,
We are writing these lines be-
cause in this white world of today
the inclination is to discount and
disrarage black mentality. The
assumption is that black people
have made no contribution to the
cornerstones of civilization. Mil
lions Of white people live and die
without knowing that no white
race has ever produced an alpha
bet. Such victims of race propa-
ganGG never know that all langu-
age systems were produced by dark
races of the earth.
Tie English alphabet was bor-
rowed from the Latins; the Latins
borrowed it from the Greeks and
the Greeks learned the use of Ian
gnage from the ancient Phoenic-
ians. If one will secure a map
discovery will he made that Pho
enicia is in Asia, a land inhabited
by darker people than those who
rule the world today. As we study
history we are not so certain that
in the day when language sys-
TENS were being constructed, an
cient Phoenicia was not inhabited
by black men.
Somehow, someway, it should be
gotten across to Westbrook Peg
Ter that instead of Negroes imita-
ting white people, in many in
stances, when it domes to funda-
mental, it is just the opposite.
White people are using the langu-
age of darker people, destroying
a type of government given to the
world by darker people, and seen
ingly never realizing that the foil
who gave birth to language an,
government, ought at least know
as much about their contraption al
the fellow who borrowed it. II
use a well known aphorism:
How can the creature be greater
than the creator?"
No one could truthfully say the
white man has not made great
contributions to the world. In the
past 1000 years a great mechani-
cal civilization has been erected
But if development in transporta-
ton, communication, in chemical
analysis and our general socia
patterns has not taught men t.
be brothers, we doubt seriously
than that men may characterize
the sweat, toll and tears of mod
ernism as definite strides in hui
man progress.
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Why should those to- whom God
has given power and control for
the past two thousand years al
low the universe to burst asunder
without belief that somewhere in
the mind Of humanity there is
eule or remedy for the ills of the
World, Why shoull the white
man continue to assume he has q
patent on common sense, when
ruin of his own making thunders
in negation to his ego?
If England had been willing
five years ago to listen to the
morality and common sense of
Selassic, the League of Nations
would still exist, and today's
might Mussolini would not have
dared to invade Ethiopia, When
the League of Nations died on the
alter of covetousness, we struck
the match that blasted away the
foundation stones of the present
order.
In the life Of this nation the
black man has proven his sterling
light and vision is worthy of re-
cognition. Frederick Douglass
helped to blast away the immoral
ity of slavery, and was the first
man in America with the moral
courage to publicly endorse woman
suffrage. Booker T. Washington
definitely patterned the trends of
the nations industrial life and
George Washington Carver, though
bonn a slave, is today teaching
America, during the national crisis
how to be self-sustaining in the
field of chemical analysis. Who
is it would discount the value in
thought such black Americans
have contributed to their native
land? Now is the time to re-
member ga tree is known by the
fruit it bears"
The American Negro in this
terrible hour of world agony Of
fers help to his native land with
the deepest sense of loyalty. He
wants to help this nation think
through her vital problems, and
he knows with clarity of vision
that his white brother has stumbl-
ed and fumbled with the ball of hu
man justice. Like Joe Louis, the
American Negro believes that
this is Goods War, and that
Jehovah will not crown with VIC
tory those who pin their faith in
might instead Of right.
In spite of the vigorous oppcsi-
tion that springs from influence
fesenting the current preachments
of the Negro press, we shall con-
tinue to speak to America about
a different type of national and
international morality. Jim crow,
segregation, mob violence, dis
reimbursement, peonage, police
brutality and every form of pre-
scription must vanish before
America may claim the right tc
assume moral leadership of The
world.
Somehow, we feel the torch o.
| liberty will not be lighted on tn
earth until the free are willing t
listen patiently to the PHILOSOPHY
and thought Of the unfrec. Th'
mfree are attempting in this hou
| to tell the free there is no virtu'
in pretense and hypocrisy, and
that the Ten Commandments should
form the preamble to all forms
, of government.
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unfailing
Faith In God
A Sermon BY
Rev. A. l.. Perkins

Text: II II De SO, our God whom
We sevv is able to deliver us
from tire burning fiery furnace
and h. oil deliver us. Dan. 3:l7
The words Of our text are the
words of three undaunted servants
OF God; Shadrach, Meshaeh and
Abed-nego, formerly Hannah, Mis-
hazel and Azariah. Their names
were changed by Nebuchadnezzar
to suit his gods, but we thank God
their faith did not change.
1t happened in the famous city
Of Babylon, whose wonderful walls,
temples and gardens marked it
as one Of the "seven wonders" of
the world, It's level and straight
streets present wonderment to the
engineers Of today. Fourteen
miles IN length, laid off in 25
squares. 1t is here that we find
these advocates in an environment
entirely opposite to their way of
thinking. These men had been
brought to Babylon when Jerusa-
lem was captured with Jehoiakim
and they We're promoted because
OF Their extra ordinary intelligence
They We're set over the affairs of
the province or made rulers, and
yet they did net lose faith in God.
nor sell out for what the world
had to offer, hut stood their ground
The king Of Babylon, Nehuchad-
nezzar. made an image Of gold,
whos' height (approximate) 95
feet and about 9 feet at base. And
this brought the chance for their
faith to be tested 1t is easy to
say how much faith you have un-
I'll the actual test comes.
The king lad his image erected
and ordered a gathering together
OF princes, governors, captains,
judges, treasures, eounselors,
shefiffs, and rulers of provinces to
dedicate the image, and Shadrach
Meshach and Abed-nego being rul-
ers must Of necessity be there. The
orders are "That at what time We
hear the sound of the comet. flute
Earp, sackbuJ, psaltery, dulcimer,
and all kinds of musick, We fall
down and worship the golden
image that Nebuchadnezzer hath
SET up; And whose falleth not
down and worshippeth shall the
same hour be cast into the midst
CT a burning fiery furnace"
And when the music was sound
ed and thousands fell upon knees
and worshipped this "home made
god, stood up erect three men,
Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego.
1t is not easy to stand when all
around you men are falling to
knees and worshipping, but these
stood against environment, and in
the face of a fiery furnace. And
when they did not bow the Chal-
deans made report which brought
the men in before the king. They
said of these three: "These men
O! king, have not regarded thee,
they serve not the gods, nor wor-
ship the golden image which thou
hast set up"
The king flew into a rage and
sent for the men and inquired;
as it true? They were not trem-
bling nor afraid. Not because they
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did not see danger but because
they possessed unfailing faith, and
were not daunted by the positive
and certain threat Of fiery veng
ance, hence they say; I'VE are not
careful To answer thee in this mat
ter"
So many tendelfooted church
folks flat do not speak out for
God. These men are bold and de-
clare in the language of the text
"lf it be so, our God whom we
serve is able to deliver us from
the burning fiery furnace, and
lie will deliver US out thine hand
oh king
Faith is like any building, must |
have a true foundation or else
its supers,rueture cannot stand.
|. unfailing Faith Must Have
A Real Foundation
The foundation of Shadrach. and
Ahed-nego's faith was God. There
are many places where one might
rest his faith. Sometimes we rest
our faith on our own strength,
but this is unsafe, for human
strength no matter how eminent
apparent or proven it will let us
down, for the strongest physical
strength has its limits and the
test may run beyond Il at limit,
Sometime we rest our faith on our
knowledge, but we see through a
glass darkly. Our knowledge is
imperfect, therefore faith based
on our knowledge is still unreli-
able. But these men based their
faith on God, they said: "Our
God Is Able Their faith was
based on the ability If God. I'm
failing faith must have God and
the Christ MS the foundation.
. Unfailing Faith Must Open
Eyes of the Child Of God to the
Ability of God and Line Up With
The Will of God
These servants say: Gle is able
in the face Of fiery furnace,
sni they further say; Gle will
deIiyer ne out Of time hands,
30 wonder in the model prayer
Jeeus requires us to say THY
will be done" Faith is not unfail-
ing unless it rests on God and
lines up with His will. These
men stood up in the face Of a
great empire with mean Emper-
or. They knew about the furnace
and all the rengance, the unchang-
ing laws of the kingdom, the jeal-
ousy and public sentiment, yet
that unfailing faith stands alone,
because they saw God and lined up
with his will.
3 Unfailing Faith Removes Fear
And Makes Bold
These men were not afraid but ,
was bold. With unfailing faith
Elijah lay quiet on the bank OF
the brook, waited ON early break
fast from the bill of the birds.
Unfailing faith removes fear OF
danger, for it points shelter in
the time of storm, through fam
ines, come crop failure, bank close,
factories go down, jobs cease and
all the world go wild, unfailing
faith will keep ones ears open to
the voice of God, which says:
Fear not"
Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-
nego said; eve are not careful for
our God is a}'e to deliver US from
.he burIig fiery furnace, and He
will deliver us out of Thine hands
". UNFAILING FAITH LEADS
TO VICTORY AND RAPTURlC !
OF IT'S OBJEC- /
TIVE.
These men did not raise hand
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BISHOP X. r. WRIGHT, JR.
President of Wilherforce univer-
sity who was recently rejected exc
cutive secretary of the Negro Fra
ternal Council of Churches in
America. DIR. Wright's keynote
address urged that Negro church.
es ought to get together for pur-
poses of fellowship, cooperation In
evangelism. social work and all
matters affecting the Negroes Of
America and Of the world.
-(ANP).
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Mt. Olive Host to
Usher Union

On Sunday, June 7, the Golden
Link Usher Union will hold ses-
sion at the Mt. Olive Baptist
Church, 10Th and Cedar SITS. with
Rev. Reeves, pastor. The first
Sunday celebration is one you
should list among your "don't
miss" affairs. Bro. D. Cleveland
is president Of the Union, Mrs.
Rosa Knowles secretary and Mrs.
Rosima Moore is president of the
program committee.
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ces that Usher Board Meeting will
be held on Monday night, June 8
with Mrs. Rosie Houston, pres
ident, presiding.
Evening star., 1942-07-11
Beaten Mother Pleads
For Son Held as FeIon

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 11.-Weeping
through blackened eyes, a 65-year-
old mother refused in court yester-
day to sign a complaint against her
31-year-old soldier son, accused of
breaking her jaw because she would
not give him money for liquor.
Il don't want him to 60 to Jail;
I'm his mother" cried Mrs. Mary
Schlavis. II won't complain. He's
my boy"
But Mrs. Elizabeth Dobinson, her
daughter, told how last Tuesday
night she saw Mrs. Schlavis pros
trate on a couch under q rain of
blows from the enraged son. Pvt.
Peter Schlavis.
But I hit him first-because he
was drinking" the mother broke in,
weeping again.
Detective Edward Swift said that
when he arrested Schlavis the latter
demanded:
She's my own mother, isn't she?
She's not your mother. Why are
you locking me up?"
Magistrate John F.. x. Masterson,
after hearing Mrs. Dobinson's testi-
mony, ordered Schlavis returned to
Jail in default Of $1,000 bail and
held for grand jury action.
Evening star., 1942-07-11
| Army Is Testing
THeIess Wheel
Set With Springs

By the Associated Press.
The Army is testing springs as a
substitute for tires, it was disclosed
today in testimony heard by Sen
ate Appropriations Subcommittee.
The device, as explained by DR.
Vannevar Bush, director of the
Office of Scientific Research, Office
for Emergency Management, con-
sists roughly of a wheel within a
wheel, the two connected by springs
There is an enormous number of
such devices" DR. Bush told the
committee, "but they the Army
seem to feel they have now found
one that well warrants careful test
ing"
DR.. Bush also submitted letters
from Secretary of the Navy Knox
and Secretary of War Stimson pre-
dieting successful operation of the
agency's new weapons for anti
submarine warfare and a new ex-
plosive for which the Army has
placed orders amounting to $270,-
100000
Secretary Knox wrote that one
anti-submarine weapon was moving
into actua. use, with the promise Of
excellent results" Secretary Stim-
son also wrote that devices devel-
oped under the Offices auspices will
play significant part In bringing
the war to a successful conclusion in
a shorter time than might otherwise
have been the case"
Evening star., 1942-07-11
Rites Will Be Held Monday
For Victims Of Hit-Run Car

Funeral services for two Washing
ton youths who were killed near
Dunkirk, Md, yesterday by hit
and-run motorist as they were try
ing to hitch-hike home, will be
held Monday from Chamber
funeral parlor, SIT Eleventh street
Sc.
Bernard E Davis, 49,. of 905 G
street Sc, and Charles Buck Keefe,
18, of 209 Bates street NV, we're
the victims.
A third youth, Russell Fowler, II,
of 522 Tenth street Sc, was injured
but is believed out of danger at
Prince Frederick Hospital where he
was treated for shock and con-
tusions.
DR.. Everard Brfscoe, Calvert
County medical examiner, said there
was no evidence left at the scene
to trace the automobile which
struck the youths but police of
Maryland and surrounding juris-
dictions have been warned to watch
for any car bearing dents, stains or
other marks of an accident which
cannot be fully explained by the
owner.
Services for young Keefe will be
conducted at ST. Martins Catholic
Church at 9 am. Monday. Rites
for young Davis will be held two
hours later by the Rev. Edward
Gabler of Christ Episcopal Church
Both will be buried in Cedar Hill
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1942-07-11

command of the Ziegler Polar Ex-
pedltion and in charge of its Scien-
tific work.
In 1906 Capt. Peters was appointed
chief magnetic observer and COM
mander of the magnetic survey
yacht Galilee by the Carnegie In
stitution and later served as COM
mander of the survey yacht Car
negie. During his later years, until
his retirement in 1881, he was en-
gagged in study of the results of the
ocean magnetic work and in other
research work.
Cant. Peters designed and i'm
proved many magnetic instruments
for ocean work, and was chief as
sistant to the director from 1922,
serving as acting director in the di-
rector's absence. He was sent to
England in 1885 to act as a consult
ant to the admiralty to help build a
n-magnehc vessel.
Capt. Peters was born in Oak
land, Calf, February 5, 1868. He
was educated in the public schools
Of Oakland and studied at the Uni
versity of California.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Beatrice Speaight Boyd Peters, and
a son, Geoffrey. Funeral arrange
ments will be completed later.
Evening star., 1942-07-11
Rites 10 Be Held Today
For John {. SWaine, Sr.

Funeral services for John Edward
Swaine, ST., 78, retired produce and
meat commission merchant who
died Thursday at his home. 63l8
Delaware street, Chevy Chase. Nd,
will be held at the home this after
noon.
Mr.. Swaine retired IS years ago.
He was a member of st. Johns Ma
sonic Lodge, No. II, and Washing
ton Chapter, No 2, of the Royal
Arch MasonS. He served as high
priest of the latter in 1904, and was
also Scottish Rite Mason and
member of Almas Temple Shrine.
Mr.. SWaine belonged to the Gen.
tral Presbyterian Church and was
an active member for about As years
OF the Royal Arcanum.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Cora V, Swaine; two daughters,
Mrs, Ethel s. Boesch and Mrs.
Frances S. Fitzgerald, and a son,
John Edward ir
Evening star., 1942-07-11
Stevens Manager Fights
Army's Taking Of Hotel
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 11.-Jay A. Jones,
general manager of the Stevens
Hotel which was acquired by the
Army Air forces in a surprise con-
demnation proceeding Thursday,
said yesterday the Government
would be asked to rescind the order.
"The Stevens is not going down
without determination of the
facts" Mr.. Jones told a meeting of
hotel employees.
THAT cannot be looked upon as
unpatriotic, as we know that every
report of Army engineers has been
unfavorable to taking over the ho-
TEL" he added.
The Army Air Forces announced
in Washington that the Stevens
and the Congress Hotel, which also
was taken over in condemnation
proceedings, would be occupied by
the Technical Training Command
for radio training school.
The War Department formally
announced last night the acquisi-
ton of the Vinoy Hotel in st.
Petersburg, Fla, for use by the
Army Air Forces. No further de-
tails of the transaction or plans
were made public.
Evening star., 1942-07-11
War Needs Taking Half
OF U. 5. Factory Output
BY the Associated Press.

| BY the Associated Press.
The Federal Reserve Board esti-
mated today that almost exactly
half of the Nations factory output
now is war materials.
| How much higher this percentage
may go, the board indicated, is
shown by the fact that among dur
able goods production the war share
already is 10 per cent, its monthly
bulletin said:
These and many more changes
in the Nations physical resources
during recent months were finding
reflection in some restrictions on
civilian activities, particularly with
regard to the purchase of automo-
biles ahd some other durable goods.
Restrictions on output, however,
had not yet been fully reflected in
reductions in the volume of goods
available for sale to consumers.
Stocks of most goods were large in
distributive channels and manufac-
turers had on hand substantial in
ventories of certain finished prod
ucts, which helped them to con-
tinue making large shipments to
distributors. Also, some of the
existing orders restricting produc-
ton were not yet in operation.
"At the same time, the prospect
was that the effects of the war
program on supplies of civilian
goods would become increasingly
evident during the next year as
stocks were used up and production
was further reduced There was
also apparent an increasing re-
striction on the services available
to civilians, rejecting chiefly the
transfer of workers to war indus
tries and the armed forces"
Evening star., 1942-07-11
| Mcclellan AssoiIs
| Lands Use of
IOEM Funds
BS the Associated Press.

b, The Associated Press
Use by James M Lands, Office
of Civilian Defense director, of an
Office Of Emergency Management
appropriation instead OF his agency's
funds to pay the $6,500 yearly SAL
ary Of an aide, was declared sub
terfuge" by Chairman Mcclellan of
a Senate Appropriations Subcom-
mittee in testimony disclosed today.
Dean Lands told the committee
that the salary of Marc Peter, chief
civilian defense adviser in London,
was paid out of the general appro-
priation made to the OEM last year
I'VE assumed when we appropri-
ated this S100,000,000 last year that
you were going to use 100000 of it
for administrative expenses" Sem
ator Mcclellan asserted
Now you tell us you get around
sending their appointees' names to
the Senate for confirmation of ap-
pointmenU by paying them out of a
fund from another department
which is, in plain language, beating
the devil around the stump"
Senator McKellar acknowledged
that Dean Lands was justified un-
der the law" but asserted the di-
rector ''misled the Congress or Ger
tainly misled me" into believing the
SO 100000 was for full administration
of OCD.