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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-01-03
| BIBLE M EST ON s
Answered BY The
| vnIcE pRupHE cY
INTERNATIONAL HisE eRnAptAsTER

Question-Do you believe In the
rapture Of the church,
Answer--The word rapture" as
use by many fundamentalist Chris
tians today, comes from the Latin
word rapere and means TO take up
or catch away. According to Thes-
salonians 4:12-1S, all true believers
will be caught away at the second
coming of Christ.
o.-Don't you know that only
Abraham's descendants, the Israeli
ties, will Inhabit the new earth?
Ayes. But who are Abraham's
descendants according to the Bible7
We read Galatians 3:29: "And II ye
be Christ's, then are We Abraham's
seed, and heirs according to the
promise" If you are a true Chris
tian, you win take part with Abra-
ham in the promise that he should
be heir to the world.
Off Shem, Ham, and Japheth
were Noah's own scns, how come
that Shem was a Hebrew, Ham
black man, and Japheth a white
man?
A.--As far as we know, Shem was
not Hebrew, but, according to TIE
Bible, the Hebrew, the Arabic, and
other Semetic peoples descended
from his family line. (See Genesis
10Y Neither do we know of any
Bible statement that Ham was black
or Japheth was white. However, &C.
cording to Bible records in Genesis
10 and other chapters, 1t would ap-
pear that the peoples of Africa are
among Hams descendants, and the
so-called Caucasian race among
Japheth's.
o.-PIease give US light on Mark
All, IL.
Ave read It: "And He said
unto them, Unto you it is given to
know the mystery Of the kingdom Of
God: but unto them that are with
out, all these things are done In
parallels: that seeing they may see,
and not perceive; and hearing they
may hear, and not understand; lest
at any time they should be con-
yerted. and their sins should be
forgiven them" In the Bible sense,
the word mystery" refers simply
to things of divine revelation, and
usually to things darkly announced
under the old economy and then
darkly understood, but fully pub
lished, under the gospel. PARALLELS,
for instance. serve the double pur-
pose of revealing and concealing
that is, presenting the mysteries Of
the kingdom to those who know
and relish them in new and attrac-
tive light; but to those insensible
to spiritual things, only as SO many
stories, some temporary entertalr-
ment.
Ed. Note: address ycnr questions to
the BIBLE QUESTION COLUMN. The
Voics of Prophecy, Eo4 SIS, Los angeles
So. Cali. Bible questions Of general IN.
fsrest riH be dqsrefed il this column
as space permits
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Chapel To Commemorate Four ChapIains
Lost On The USS Dorchester

The Interfaith Sponsoring
Committee of Philadelphia is
building a chapel, to be open "a
hours a day and to provide facili-
ties for the worship Of three faiths
Protestant, Jewish, and Roman
Catholic.
The chapel will be in memory
of four chaplains, two protestants,
a Jew and a Roman Catholic, who
gave up their life belts on sink
ing troopship and were last seen
standing together, arm in arm,
their heads bowed in prayer.
Approximately $150,000 has
been raised for the shrine, which
is to be known at the chapel of
the Four Chaplains. A memoir
ial organ will be installed, the
gift of Harry M. Warner, motion
picture executive.
The four chaplains to be me-
morialized, all first ieutenants,
are Rev. Clark v. Polling, son of
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BIBLE UE5TI0nS
ANSWERED BY The
Voice zfpR0pRECY
INTERNATIONAL RlaiE AnnAnrAsTEs
lNTERkATl0k

ouestion--Was there city called
Babylon in the days Of the apostles?
(see Peter 5:1s.)
Answer-Yes, Babylon was still a
very large city in the days of the
apostles. Several centuries later it
was completely destroyed.
Q.-Why Is the 18TH psalm,
which pictures the captivity of
Babylon, placed where It is If
David Is accepted as the writer of
the Psalms?
A.-The answer is that David is
the, author of only part of the
Psalms. Some of the Psalms were
written by Moses, Solomon, and
Others.
o.-Please explain Isaiah 1919.
A.-Let us quote it: "And when
they shall say unto you, Seek unto
them that have familiar spirits, and
unto wizards that peep, and that
mutter: should not a people seek
unto their God? for the living to the
dead?" This is a strong warning to
anyone who may seek after social
ed wizard manifestations today. The
living should not seek information
from the dead.
Q.--Why did Moses put brass
serpent on a pole and tell all the
people to look at It in order to
be cured from the serpents' bites
which were causing them to die?
A.--Moses did this at the direct
command Of God. Numbers 21:S:
''And the Lord said unto Moses,
Make thee fiery serpent. and set
1t upon a pole: and it shall come to
pass, that every one that Is bitten,
when he looketh upon it, shall i've"
This is to teach the lesson that's all
who have felt the deadly sting of
that old serpent, called the Devil,
and Satan" (Revelation 1879 may
find salvation from sin. Do we not
read In Corinthians 5:21: aFor
He [Godl hath made Him LChrist
the SOM to be sin for us. who knew
no sin; that we might be made the
righteousness of God in Him? Al
though Christ was sinless, He took
our place on the cross and thus iden-
titled Himself with the sinner. John
3:14, Is: "And as Moses lifted up
the serpent in the wilderness, even
so must the Son of man be lifted
up: that whoever belieyeth on Him
should not perish, but have eternal
life" So, you see this whole expert!
ence was an actual prophecy of
Christ as our Redeemer. (Read also
l Peter 2:24.l
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MIR. c, E. Wilson, President of
General Motors, said the other
day that he did not understand
how amy American can doubt
the soundness OF our institu-
lions. he did not claip that our
country is perfect, that it cannot
be improved. He did ifsist, how
ever, that, in terms Of liberty and
opportunity, of economic and
social progress, we have an en-
viable record which canlhe made
better If, deaf to the siren songs
Of the totalitarians, we continue
on a straight American course.
To prove his point Mrl Wilson
had some factr. with Q Der cent
Of the worlds area and Z per cent
Of the worlds popuIatioh,y he
said, I'VE have 46 per cenb Of its
electric power, 4S per cent cf its
radios, 54 percent of Ats tele-
phones, So per cent Of its steel
capacity, go per el1t1of(Hfe M
surance policies, IS per centofits
automobiles. !"
Mr.. Wilson had came mora
facts. I'm 1900, one-thkd Of the
children aged II were ii high
school," he declared. ''NQw two
thirds Of them are. In the last
so years the deatn rate among
children up to 6 years Of age has.
been reduced approximately rs
per cent and the death rate be-
tween ages Of 6 and 60 has been
reduced 40 per cert"
Can any other country equal
this record9
Further evidence Of progress in
America was cited recently by
Attorney General Cook Of Geor-
.zi=ssAExs r1is, 1s- ozaA IN a good
position to know that in Georgia
tremendous strides forward have
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DIR. Daniel A. Polling, pastor Of
Baptist Temple, where the chapel
is being constructed; Rabbi Alex
ander Goode, of York, Pa; Rev.
John P. Washington, a Roman
Catholic Priest, of Newark, N. j.,
and Rev. George L. Fox of Cam
bridge, VT, Methodist minister.
The chaplains were among LOO
troops aboard the Dorchester, en-
route to Europe, when it was tor
pedoed in the North Atlantic on
Feb. 3, 1943. They went among
the soldiers to calm them, and
when it was learned that some of
the crew were without life belts
the chaplains took theirs off and
gave them to the men.
At a dinner in the Bellevue
Stratford, eliminating the drive
for funds for the chapel, Herbert
H. Lehman, former Governor Of
New York, who attended as a
representative of President Tru-
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been made in advancing the
cause of civil liberties during the
past two years"
He asserted that a climate of
public opinion has been estab-
lished in his state which would
not allow hate movements like
the Columbians to gain a foot
hold and which has halted the
influence of the Klu Klux Khan
organization cited by the At
torney- General of the United
States as subverslve. Mr.. Cook
pointed to the fact that civic
and religious leaders acting to-
gether in Columbus, Georgia,
have effectively curtailed a local
hate monger named 'Parson
Jack Johnston"
The record being made in
Georgia, on behalf of the recog-
milton of human rights, can be
matched elsewhere in our coun-
try, not as examples Of perfec-
ton, but to prove that in this
generation as in every other,
America marches ahead, securing
to more and more people the
rights with which they are en-
dowed by their Creator and
which the Constitution guaran-
tees.
Our march toward a freer life
for more people is to be found
in a better practice Of democracy
according to American principles
not, as some try to persuade
US, by scrapping our free institu
lions in favor of Communism or
Fascisnl.
Let us criticize ourselves when
we must = improve our country
when we can but appreciate
and preserve always what we've
got.
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a rs - 49,
BIBLE QUESTIONS
ANSWERED BY The
Voice 7pR0pHEcYI
INTERNATIONAL BIBLE sRnAncAsTsR
~naa(

Question - Does faith entirely
abolish 1ne law of Coo?
Answer-Let the apostle Paul,
who preached justification by faith,
answer this question. do we then
make void the law through faith?
God forbid: yea, we establish the
law" Romans 1871. These words
ought to settle 1t.
OILS Hitler mentioned or re-
ferred to in the Bible?
A.-Not by name. The prophecy
OF Daniel 2, however, reveals the
final end of the terrific bid for
complete power over Europe made
by great world dictators. Some peo-I
pie believe Psalm 73 to be a picture
of certain men of modern times.
Q.-How could the last chapter Of
Deuteronomy have been written by
Moses when It describes his death {
Alt is not for us to say he could
not have written it by inspiration,
for he was prophet. But, as verses
and chapters are somewhat mod
ern invention, we are inclined to
believe that the last chapter of Deu-
teronomy really should be the first
chapter of Joshua.
@. - have understood that
heaven Is only a spiritual eondI.
ton. Am right?
A.-Heaven includes a spiritual
condition, but it is more than that.
Jesus said in John i4:13: Let
not your heart be troubled: We be-
lieve in God, believe also in Me. In
My fathers house are many man
sions: if it were not SO, l would
have told you. l go to prepare q
place for you. And If go and pre-
pare place for you, l will come
again, and receive you unto Myself; |
that where am, there ye may bel
also" Yes, heaven is a place.
Q.-Do you think it is possible forl
man to go 50 deep in sin that GedI
cannot lift him up? 4
A.-Really, friend. it is entirelyl
up to you. Do you want God to lift
you up? The very moment your
heart turns toward the heavenly
Father in true repentance. forgive
ness is yours. no matter who youI
are or what you have done. Read
Isaiah 1:1S; Come now, and let US
reason together, said the Lords
though your sins be as scarlet, they
shall be as white as snow; though
they be red like crimson, they shall
be as wool" Read also the wonder
full story Of the prodigal son in
Luke Is; 11-24.
Ed. Note: ADDRESS your questions 20
the BIBLE QUESTION COLUMN, The
Police Of Prophecy, Boz SIS, Los Aagsles
50, Calf Bible questions 81 general ii.
ierest ViIL be answered in ibis colu1nn
IS space permits.
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Hate Groups in US.

"The New American Hate
Front is the subject of the adj
dress by John Roy Carlson at
Community Church, Jordan Hall,
Sunday, Jan. A at 1890 A, M. Mr..
Carlson, author of "Undercovern
and ''The Plotters", spent four
and a half years in the Nazi "Un-
derworld", using many DISCUSSES
and posing as one of their MEM
bers in his investigation Of their
nefarious activities.
During the war, Mr.. Carlson
1ectured extensively before Army
Orientation classes on ct h e
Enemy Within" and sold bonds
for the U. S. Treasury Dept.
Since P. ]. Day he has occupied
himself with new evidence again
st those opponents of extreme ma
tionalism who are continuing their
attempts to disrupt the peace.
Armenian born, John Roy
Carlson became an American cit
izen in 1926 and attended the
School of Journalism of New
York University. Upon his grad
uation in 1882 he pursued a sue
cession of jobs all over the Unit
ed States until he did research for
Fortune Magazine on Fascist acti-
ivities in America. This work
was the impetus that set him up
on what appears to be a life
time career.
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10 Baker
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expected power. fine tonal quail
ties and remarkable control.
1.-the, graceful and amazingly
youthful, Josephine Baker does
some good dancing and vivid
mining. Don't be surprised
thought Miss Baker does not
make her appearance until the
second act and costumes are not
revealing.
MatchlesSly charming, she in
PRODUCED Boston's own Roland
Hayes to her husband from stage
exclaiming with deep feeling, 81
consider it a great honor to pre-
sent a person so highly respected
by my race and by all races"
Baekstage Miss Baker chated ami
nlatedly with Mr.. Hayes in
French
St. Louis must be proud Of the
young girl who left these shores
and not only thrilled Paris with
her gay entertainment but grew
ub to serve that country so well as
ali intelligence agent Of the
FFench Resistance Movement dur
iibg Word War II that she was
awarded the French Rosette.
Despite an already full calen-
dAx, 10. Baker charitably uttered
an enthusiastic "Mais oui, QUIZ
in answer to sudden requests fer
personal appearances before un-
derprivileged children's groups in
the Hub City.
Miss Baker leaves Boston jan
uary 8 for a scheduled run on
Broadway.
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Silver Tea
Continued from Page y

thanking DR.. washington, say
ing she was just a small, shrub
by the side Of the road and that
she was indeed happy that ne
had discovered so small a flower.
Mrs. Melnea CaSs whose pre-
pared subject was Women's
Clubs, became so interested in
the program that she discarded
her set speech and talked on the
program. She gave Mrs. Lamb
great praise and urged her to go
on with her work. Honorable
Laurence H. Banks, Ward Nine
State representative, gave a
splendid talk to the children,
admonishing them to be obedi-
ent to their parents. The presi-
dent of the Missionary Society
who had given up their Sunday
for the Tea, also praised Mrs.
Lamb and said she got the
greatest thrill listening to the
excellent program. Nrs. Lamb,
members OF the club and friends
are grateful to Mr.. Quaker, the
well known music teacher, for
his broad program, bringing six
white students. accompanied by
their parents. Mrs. Lamb said
Mr.. Quarker had shown to this
great Commonwealth not by
words but by actions that there
is no color line in music. The
six pupils sang and played like
experienced men and women.
Also thanks went to the Grand
Lodge, the Challengers Club,
John D, Fitzgerald, president of
the Chamber Of Commerce of
Somerville and Mr.. Richard
Lamb for their generous dona-
lions that enabled the club 70
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A NEW OUTLOOK

A New Outlook would produce
the new look. A change of heart
has a way Of giving radiance to
a cast down countenance, where
beauticians and new garments
fail. This world has never been
without witnesses of the new
lock, for there have always been
those with the New Outlook. We
recognize them for their love,
sympathy and understanding.
They live above the current pat
terms Of prejudice, segre cation
and caste. Along with other AM
erican soldiers during World
War l, met a FRENCHMAN
more kin to us than most of our
own countrylnen. All we are now
saying men ought to do to prove
brother to man, he was doing
some thirty years ago. He went
out Of his way to show his
brotherly attitude. To show his
brotherly soul seemed his mis-
sion. Many of US dusky dough-
boys cherish his fraternal mem
DRY for our first taste Of genuine
brotherhood from one with a
white skin.
In the South we had known
the fixed gulf between white and
black races. Those of us privi-
lodged to be taught by white
Missionary teachers of the
North learned 1t no crime to as
pire to full manhood by achiev-
ing miracles. Those Of us born
in the North will ii all fairness
admit that American society as
it exists today will not allow one
to forget wholly his African
heritage. Then one day the
troop ships sailed us in strange
waters and we had the stran-
ger feeling of Just being a hui
man for the first time in our
lives.
Such a man as A. A. Carpen-
tier Of Bordeaux, France. with
this New Outlook took us by the
hands and confirmed us in feel
ing that we are 4 part Of ali
humanity, and that humanity
Is one. Through him for the first
time we completely escaped the
caste system and for the first
time we were Identified with all
the human race. No longer were
we peering from behind some
curtain. On leaving France I
asked for his autograph and this
is what he wrote and + prize:
CIVILIZATION 0; MONEY o.;
PROGRESS 0; LOVE ALL.
God heightened out the brit
tie thread of this brother below
ed until he reached the nineti-
eth milestone. Only six months
ago he wrote me a warm frater-
nal letter. During the Thanks
giving season I thought to ship
him an oversee food box, and
then came the message Of his
sudden change of address. It is
no longer Bordeaux, France. The
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and happiness in the coming
New Year.
Your cooperation with us on
our recruiting program has con-
tributed much to its success. We
sincerely hope that this friendly
relationship may long continue.
DOUGLAS A. McKILLOP,
Major. AGD
Commanding Officer.
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THE HUMAN RACE in its var
ious components has progressed
and retrogressed for thousands
of years, dark and light, and
mixed, all contributing their
fruits in a continual march of
time. Circumstances once made
EUROPE turn back the clock be-
fore the renaissance. ASIA has
gone away back from Marco Po-
los time, and AFRICA since the
Pharoahs. The Atomic bomb
could throw any nation back
even today.
~ - -
BEST PROOF that circum-
stances which throw people
back is only temporary is in
the story of the advancement Of
the Colored man who rs ysars
ago was looked upon as savage"
incapable of learning and who
today is working on atomic fis-
sion, Jet planes, radar control
and all the modern sciences in
an amazing stride forward.
- 80 s3
ETHNoLoGY is but a mass Of
conflicting opinions based on
the opinions of observers who
are subject to many influences
and make their announcements
according to their PERSONAL
likes and dislikes - says His
torian J. A. Rogers, adding, /"
What ethnology needs most is a
complete divorce from the
sLAvEMAsTER's legend Of
Ham,"
ALL OF WHICH endorses our
1 ;ampaign for democratic re-
form in our education standards
and textbooks. II we ara to have
genuine democracy, If we are to
preserve RELIGION against
communism. We must stand to-
gether in the light Of TRUTH.
For NO MAN, regardless Of race
is a free man without the truth.
He is the SLAVE, not Canaanl
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The Poets Corner
Mid1Ointer In Ne1O England
By ST. CLAIR KIRroN

b1 81. (IAlk kiKTON
Nature paused the other day
To demonstrate her skill
And in a most pretentious way
displayed her sovereign will.
On spreading vine and lofty oak,
Earth's rippled watery veins;
She flung great majestic cloak,
And gripped all in her chains.
With one great stroke mans genius
Became thing of naught;
Under her weight her mightiness
Made nil what he had wrought:
His sprawling transportation,
His energetic schemes,
She blew into negaton
With her icelandic themes.
Yet, how exquisite is the sight
Along the broad terraint
All things made bare by winters night
Took on new life again.
pageantry which none could make
Became mans great reward;
Fashioned for him,--a shimmerins lake
BY his most gracious Lord.
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Hawaii became a territory Ct
the United States by the adap-
ton Of its Organic act by the
United States Congress in 1890.
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''Your Brothers Voice"
BY
Clifford L. Miller
Clifford |. Miller

new address of this my brother
with the NEW OUTLOOK is: A.
A. Carpenter, Jerusalem, the
Golden, Boulevard Brotherhood,
Mansion Equality.
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Patience Is q sl0iu-gotfsg mr.
tue, but those tOHo haze to haze
It generally min III a sodlk."
SAGE SAYINGS.
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AN HISTORIC INJUSTICE to
the Colored People is in the pro-
cess Of being exploded like the
chain reaction of an autornic
bomb. This is the longtime dis
graceful dogma that THE GRE
ATOR caused a special curse,
via Noah, to be placed upon
darkskin people thereby rele-
eating and booming them for
ever to slavery and second-rate
existence.
- :" :"
CATHOLIC CoLoRED MIS-
sIOllS for December, 1947,
comes right out boldly in the
first big feature editorial and
denounces the Curse against
the colored man as being untrue
and without any firm founda-
ton. Moreover the editorial fiays
Christians who have upheld this
unusually un-Christian theory.
What about you2
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WITHOUT DWELLING into
the arguments as to manner and
number and locations Of earth's
peoples, and the number of sons
Of HAM, canaan being only
one, and the Canaan nation be-
ing only one nation,) 1t has al
ways been stupid to affiliate this
story with the entire colored
race. Moreover Noah was at
fault. Being drunk is no virtue.
se - se
BIBLE STUDENTS reading
Genesis can easily read where
the sons OF Ham were CUSH.
MIzRAIM, PHUT and CANAAN,
the latter being only ONE Of the
Hametic peoples, if the Genesis
version is accepted, Moreover,
the Catholic editor shares my
agreement that Noah was no d.
ETY. with powers to fix the des-
TIMES Of the human race, Noah
was but Of mortal flesh and
made the same mistakes we make
today.
ss ss -
AND CUsH begat Nimrod, he
being a mighty one Of the earth
and the beginning of his
kingdom was Babel, and Erech,
and Accad, and Calneh, in the
land OF shinar,v says Genesis.
But those who uphold the slave
Interpretation always forget
HANG OTHFR CONS rr1TJ7
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LETTERS TO THE GUARDIAN
APPRECIATION
To the Editor
rrn

To the Editor
Of The Guardian:
We Of the U. S. Army and U. S.
Air Force Recruiting Station, IS
fremont st, Boston. wish to take
this opportunity to extend
greetings to you at this Yuletide
Season and to express our wish
es for your continued success
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-01-03

Grover Cleveland was a bach
elor and As years Of age when
he became President of the Un-
tied States the first time.
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An amendment to the U. s.
Constitution that went into effect
October Is, 1888, changed the
date for the meeting of Congress
from the first Monday in Dec
ember to January 3, each year.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-01-03

The first agricultural expert
ment station in the United States
was established at Wesleyan uni-
versity, Middletown. Connecticut
in 1873.
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The first advertisement to app
pear in magazines were printed
in Scribner's Monthly in 1870.