19 10 1599 https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/original/520587ef7d35aced1b6c35fe035500f5.jpg 837fff5d9ad5a17d0d320352884c0ceb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource WAR ans SLAVERY. Like Peace and Freedom – they also are of two kinds – spiritual wars and spiritual slavery. Pyhysical war and physical slavery. THE GREATEST EFFORTS OF MAN HAS BEEN HIS EFFORT TO SECURW P&F. Today statesmen, politicians, and variouzs civic organizations are studying ways and means of establishing and maintaining a peace among the nations of the earth that would guarantee freedom for this generation and generations yet unborn. Christian friends: I do not profess to know the best method for achieving such a peace. Neither would I attempt to say just what organization or machinery that should be set up to gain this objective. But there is one thing that I and you and all of us know with perfect assurance, that is: that we cannot hope to have the peace and freedom that should follow and for which we are longing if the nations of the earth ignore Him who is the Prince of peace and ignore His truth when they sit around the peace table. For He speaks to the nations today as he spoke to men in the yesterdays and will speak to them in the tomorrows “I AM THE TRUTH”. To the earnest seeker after Peace and Freedom He sys “KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH SHALL NOT ONLY BRING YOU PEACE BUT THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE CHRISTIAN YOUTH OF TODAY ARE BEING CALLED UPON TO ASSUME MORE PLACES OF RESPONSIBILITY THAN YOUTH FORMERLY HAD. To properly fit into the Christ given advancement plan Youth must first KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT PEACE AND FREEDOM. HE MUST KNOW (I) SPIRITUAL peace and FREEDOM IS MORE TO BE DESIRED THAN MATERIAL. https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/original/04d01bcc09480790f46d3908a79f8658.jpg d498f55fcfb3f9d181a0df5168774358 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Education is calculated to free men from the bondage of ignorance so money is suppose to free men from want Enfranchisement is calculated to give political freedom. Only religion gives men spiritual freedom. There is the story of a young man who well educated but had been a slave to contain wicked habit. His pastor and his mother tried to show him that he was a veritable slave to the habit that was costing him his soul. Yet he would not turn to Christ. However one day something happened. Satans hood wink was taken from his eyes and he saw his true condition. He want to his pastor and said to him “Pastor, what can I do? To get out of this sinful habit? I cant get any peace. Tell me Pastor what can I do? The pastor looked at him and quietly said, “It is too late” What, cried the Y.M. Do you mean to tell me that I am too late to be saved? The Pastor said “No, I do not mean that. I simply mean that you are too late to do anything. Christ by His life and death on the cross did all that was necessary 1900 years ago. All you have to do is to believe Himm trust him and obey his teaching. That was a great day in that home. The young man was freed from his sinful habit and for the first time in his life he found peace in his heart and joy in his soul. My friends the knowledge of the arts and scences that he learned in Hi. School and College did not free that young man from sin. Nor did they give him the peace in his conscience. It was only when he learned the truth babout the savng power of Jesus Christ that he found Peace and freedom. Today, in free American and in our own city, if you please they are men and women who are as truly slaves as if they were American Negroes before the Emancipation or the Hebrews in Egypt before https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/original/804cebc318dd68d960d3253f304e38f1.jpg cac22fe5a7926797ed1329837bf2ea3b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource the Passover. and the crossing over the Red Sea. They are physically free but spiritually they are slaves. That same Jesus is speking to you. If you will become His disciple, You will know the truth and the truth shall make you free. The Truth about Criminal Habits of Youth – Story of 2 men at [?]. Young America should know the truth about the slavish fears that have thrown this world into a shameful, flaming, devastating murderous mass. When men believe that their freedom and the freedom to their loved ones are at stake they will take up arms and fight without hesitation. So Patrick Henry in 1776, aroused the spirits of Continental Congress with his appeal to arms speech Where he preferred either Liberty or death. After speech men were ready to do and to die fearing the bondage of Britain. The Americans won the material freedom. Did we win the spiritual freedom? The Civil War in 1861 answes the question. And answers it in the negative. Four years more we fought among ourselves to determine whether in this country some would be slaves an others free. A most shameful war. On April 6, 1917, President W. Wilson told Congress that a state of war existed between the Imperial German Govt and the U.S. The people were told that we should all fight to make the world safe for democracy. More than 600,000 Young men made the supreme sacrifice and are lying in France or in Flanders field. Is the world safe for Democracy? Did that war end all wars? No, we tried to get peace and freedom not by the Jesus way but by https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/original/d616d7a7350f82675f3e476fd96a42a6.jpg 1e4ce274288ca6aa06604b6e935daef5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Versailes Way, and now we are fighting it all over again. This time President Roosevelt and Prime minister Churchill worked a magnificent document that satisfied at least for the time being, the people of America and our Allies. “We sre fighting” They say to win four freedoms. Freedom of speech, religion, want and fear. More than 11,000.000 men and women have been called to the colors for this service. Industrial Educational buildings and factories have almost overnight been turned into arms, munition and supply plants. We are fighting to win the war but will we win the peace and the freedom that have been so tactfully drafted as our fighting cause? Not by mifgt of arms or superior forces but by the word and spirit of God alone does the success of freedom and peace rest. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document WAR ans SLAVERY. Like Peace and Freedom – they also are of two kinds – spiritual wars and spiritual slavery. Pyhysical war and physical slavery. THE GREATEST EFFORTS OF MAN HAS BEEN HIS EFFORT TO SECURW P&F. Today statesmen, politicians, and variouzs civic organizations are studying ways and means of establishing and maintaining a peace among the nations of the earth that would guarantee freedom for this generation and generations yet unborn. Christian friends: I do not profess to know the best method for achieving such a peace. Neither would I attempt to say just what organization or machinery that should be set up to gain this objective. But there is one thing that I and you and all of us know with perfect assurance, that is: that we cannot hope to have the peace and freedom that should follow and for which we are longing if the nations of the earth ignore Him who is the Prince of peace and ignore His truth when they sit around the peace table. For He speaks to the nations today as he spoke to men in the yesterdays and will speak to them in the tomorrows “I AM THE TRUTH”. To the earnest seeker after Peace and Freedom He sys “KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH SHALL NOT ONLY BRING YOU PEACE BUT THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE CHRISTIAN YOUTH OF TODAY ARE BEING CALLED UPON TO ASSUME MORE PLACES OF RESPONSIBILITY THAN YOUTH FORMERLY HAD. To properly fit into the Christ given advancement plan Youth must first KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT PEACE AND FREEDOM. HE MUST KNOW (I) SPIRITUAL peace and FREEDOM IS MORE TO BE DESIRED THAN MATERIAL. Education is calculated to free men from the bondage of ignorance so money is suppose to free men from want Enfranchisement is calculated to give political freedom. Only religion gives men spiritual freedom. There is the story of a young man who well educated but had been a slave to contain wicked habit. His pastor and his mother tried to show him that he was a veritable slave to the habit that was costing him his soul. Yet he would not turn to Christ. However one day something happened. Satans hood wink was taken from his eyes and he saw his true condition. He want to his pastor and said to him “Pastor, what can I do? To get out of this sinful habit? I cant get any peace. Tell me Pastor what can I do? The pastor looked at him and quietly said, “It is too late” What, cried the Y.M. Do you mean to tell me that I am too late to be saved? The Pastor said “No, I do not mean that. I simply mean that you are too late to do anything. Christ by His life and death on the cross did all that was necessary 1900 years ago. All you have to do is to believe Himm trust him and obey his teaching. That was a great day in that home. The young man was freed from his sinful habit and for the first time in his life he found peace in his heart and joy in his soul. My friends the knowledge of the arts and scences that he learned in Hi. School and College did not free that young man from sin. Nor did they give him the peace in his conscience. It was only when he learned the truth babout the savng power of Jesus Christ that he found Peace and freedom. Today, in free American and in our own city, if you please they are men and women who are as truly slaves as if they were American Negroes before the Emancipation or the Hebrews in Egypt before the Passover. and the crossing over the Red Sea. They are physically free but spiritually they are slaves. That same Jesus is speking to you. If you will become His disciple, You will know the truth and the truth shall make you free. The Truth about Criminal Habits of Youth – Story of 2 men at [?]. Young America should know the truth about the slavish fears that have thrown this world into a shameful, flaming, devastating murderous mass. When men believe that their freedom and the freedom to their loved ones are at stake they will take up arms and fight without hesitation. So Patrick Henry in 1776, aroused the spirits of Continental Congress with his appeal to arms speech Where he preferred either Liberty or death. After speech men were ready to do and to die fearing the bondage of Britain. The Americans won the material freedom. Did we win the spiritual freedom? The Civil War in 1861 answes the question. And answers it in the negative. Four years more we fought among ourselves to determine whether in this country some would be slaves an others free. A most shameful war. On April 6, 1917, President W. Wilson told Congress that a state of war existed between the Imperial German Govt and the U.S. The people were told that we should all fight to make the world safe for democracy. More than 600,000 Young men made the supreme sacrifice and are lying in France or in Flanders field. Is the world safe for Democracy? Did that war end all wars? No, we tried to get peace and freedom not by the Jesus way but by Versailes Way, and now we are fighting it all over again. This time President Roosevelt and Prime minister Churchill worked a magnificent document that satisfied at least for the time being, the people of America and our Allies. “We sre fighting” They say to win four freedoms. Freedom of speech, religion, want and fear. More than 11,000.000 men and women have been called to the colors for this service. Industrial Educational buildings and factories have almost overnight been turned into arms, munition and supply plants. We are fighting to win the war but will we win the peace and the freedom that have been so tactfully drafted as our fighting cause? Not by mifgt of arms or superior forces but by the word and spirit of God alone does the success of freedom and peace rest. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Spiritual and physical war and slavery" Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Wilson, Hercules Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hercules Wilson collection Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource undated Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All images in this collection either are protected by copyright or are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, Inc., and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact archives@auctr.edu with specific object file name. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Language A language of the resource en Type The nature or genre of the resource Sermons Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context auc.121.0003_001.doc.b02f21 auc.121.0003_002.doc.b02f21 auc.121.0003_003.doc.b02f21 auc.121.0003_004.doc.b02f21 https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/original/b799b2cc62cd4f33a4e8636bc14a9089.jpg 55816407d5938cc6130555ac14129372 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource HEADQUARTERS CHINA-BURMA-INDIA AIR SERVICE COMMAND Office of the Chaplain APO 671 9 June 1944. Chaplain Robert E. Penn, Office of the Chaplain, 823rd Engineer Battalion (Avn), APO 689 Dear Chaplain Penn: The subject matter of your letter of June 5th is not unknown at this Headquarters. You will be glad to hear that very definite steps have been taken. One thousand colored troops are being shipped from the United States during the months of May, June and July. The majority of these will be used as replacements for your men, who are to be shipped back to the United States. You can assure those who come to see you that positive action has been taken, and that replacements are on the way. That ought to be good news for them. Obviously, it will take some time for these replacements to arrive here, so it may be three months before they will actually be relieved. If I were assured I would be going home in three months, I do not think I would feel like grumbling. I pass this information to you for what it’s worth. Assure your men that their officers and this Headquarters are doing everything to help them, and that they are not “forgotten men”. Hoping to meet you in the near future, I remain. Cordially yours, s/Patrick E. Nolan t/PATRICK E. NOLAN, Chaplain, U.S.A. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document HEADQUARTERS CHINA-BURMA-INDIA AIR SERVICE COMMAND Office of the Chaplain APO 671 9 June 1944. Chaplain Robert E. Penn, Office of the Chaplain, 823rd Engineer Battalion (Avn), APO 689 Dear Chaplain Penn: The subject matter of your letter of June 5th is not unknown at this Headquarters. You will be glad to hear that very definite steps have been taken. One thousand colored troops are being shipped from the United States during the months of May, June and July. The majority of these will be used as replacements for your men, who are to be shipped back to the United States. You can assure those who come to see you that positive action has been taken, and that replacements are on the way. That ought to be good news for them. Obviously, it will take some time for these replacements to arrive here, so it may be three months before they will actually be relieved. If I were assured I would be going home in three months, I do not think I would feel like grumbling. I pass this information to you for what it’s worth. Assure your men that their officers and this Headquarters are doing everything to help them, and that they are not “forgotten men”. Hoping to meet you in the near future, I remain. Cordially yours, s/Patrick E. Nolan t/PATRICK E. NOLAN, Chaplain, U.S.A. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter to Chaplain Robert E. Penn Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Penn, Robert E. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Robert E. Penn collection Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944 June 9 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All images in this collection either are protected by copyright or are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, Inc., and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact archives@auctr.edu with specific object file name. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Language A language of the resource en Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context auc.143.0133.doc.b04f04 https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/original/f2d6dc1947438284b314cfcf4a2b58ae.jpg b5f3a4bc9befa2dc77099aee9ed5b94c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource HEADQUARTERS 1888TH ENGR. AVN. BN. Office of the Chaplain APO 218 c/o Postmaster 11 April 1945 Dr. W.H. Jernagin National Baptist S.S. & BYPU Congress Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. Jernagin: The following observations, recommendations, and requests is a results of regular conversation with Negro Baptist Chaplains on duty in this Theatre. It has been our good privilege to minister to our fighting men in this distant land, and at times we have enjoyed a rich fellowship together. Almost without exception, our conversation has ended with important speculation as to the future of the Negro-Church, and especially our Baptist Church, inasmuch, as we plan to continue a Baptist ministry. The following observations seem to stand out, and the following recommendations and requests, are in our opinion, one was to counteract, to some degree, the anticipated loss of influence of our Negro Chruch. First, the majority of service-men we serve, who have church affiliation, are Baptist. Second, the majority of Negro-Chaplains on Active duty are Baptis, and are doing a good job as Chaplains. Third, it is our painful observation, that our church is one of the larger protestant bodies in the United States, but is neglecting its responsibility to keep in touch with its communicants in the Army through some type publication. Here we point out the tremendous amount of devotional literature that is sent out indiscriminately by other denominational bodies, while we, as a church allow this method of communion to pass, seemingly without thought. Fourth, the returning service-man will need orientation. After many months of regimentation he will need by less respectful of most civilian authority, and will need the counsel of the Church and the minister in making re-adjustment. https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/original/3d66613d78258e2837c95b854b0755a0.jpg fc8c3755a75943b0abe94f9e02b965e6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource --------2, Dr W.H. Jernagin Fifth, it is observed that the average soldier will not accept the church is infallible. This fact in itself demands that the church prove itself the champion of the welfare of the total man. As a solider, he has been taught to be practical, life has been undressed of its traditional garments and he thinks in terms of utility. This does not mean that the religious emphasis is lost, but that the religion must be total. Sixth, it is our conviction, that the Negro Church will be called on to assist in this great task, and in many instances will be the only channel of expression. With the above in mind, we are making the following suggestions, recommendations and request for this year’s convention: One, that the program committee will be instructed to have space on the Convention’s program for the discussion of the unique, and important ministry to Servicemen, and to discharged soldiers. Second, that a qualified commission be appointed to study the opportunities, advantages, services, and aids offered Veterans, and that this information be sent out to all churches, and ministers in simplified form, so that through service and a complete ministry the church may reclaim its members. Third, that the convention will study evangelistical techniques, and sponsor with other churches a “Crusade for Christ.” Fourth, that in some way the church will publish some devotional literature to be sent to all chaplains serving with Negro troops. Fifth, that some member of this committee, will be given a place on the Conventions program, as some of us will be in the States; for the Convention. Finally, this letter is not an indictment of our present leaders, but is a very humble attempt of ours to share our observations and if possible, remedy some of our joint weaknesses. We are aware of the contribution that has been made, and we know that the leaders of our Church are anxious to always render the greater service. It has been our privilege through the church to serve in this capacity, and we hope that these observations will be accepted in the spirit with which they are submitted. https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/original/55684d3fb3790f2d75b7560c5201971c.jpg ff49654a4c19e1a9f1afe3d9030bd6f2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource --------3, Dr W.H. Jernagin 4. With the hope that we will meet soon, and that God will guide us in “His Way Everlasting”. Prayerfully sumitted, The Committee: Robert W. Penn – Chairman Captain AUS Chaplain 1888th Engr. Avn. Bn. Chaplain (Capt.) W.O. Jones 45th QM., Group APO 689 c/o P.M. NYC., N.Y. Chaplain (Capt.) J.H. Smith 858th Engr. Avn. Bn. APO 689 c/o P.M. NYC., N.Y. Chaplain (Capt.) G.R. Yancy 484th AAA Bn. APO 218 c/o P.M. NYC., N.Y. Chaplain (Capt.) T.T. Smith 849th Engr. Avn. Bn. APO 689 c/o P.M. NYC., N.Y. Chaplain (Capt.) C.E. Byrd 1883rd Engr. Avn. Bn. APO 689 c/o P.M. NYC., N.Y. Chaplain (Capt.) C.M.C. Ellis Camp Howrah APO 465 c/o P.M. NYC., N.Y. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document [TRANSCRIPTION] HEADQUARTERS 1888TH ENGR. AVN. BN. Office of the Chaplain APO 218 c/o Postmaster 11 April 1945 Dr. W.H. Jernagin National Baptist S.S. & BYPU Congress Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. Jernagin: The following observations, recommendations, and requests is a results of regular conversation with Negro Baptist Chaplains on duty in this Theatre. It has been our good privilege to minister to our fighting men in this distant land, and at times we have enjoyed a rich fellowship together. Almost without exception, our conversation has ended with important speculation as to the future of the Negro-Church, and especially our Baptist Church, inasmuch, as we plan to continue a Baptist ministry. The following observations seem to stand out, and the following recommendations and requests, are in our opinion, one was to counteract, to some degree, the anticipated loss of influence of our Negro Chruch. First, the majority of service-men we serve, who have church affiliation, are Baptist. Second, the majority of Negro-Chaplains on Active duty are Baptis, and are doing a good job as Chaplains. Third, it is our painful observation, that our church is one of the larger protestant bodies in the United States, but is neglecting its responsibility to keep in touch with its communicants in the Army through some type publication. Here we point out the tremendous amount of devotional literature that is sent out indiscriminately by other denominational bodies, while we, as a church allow this method of communion to pass, seemingly without thought. Fourth, the returning service-man will need orientation. After many months of regimentation he will need by less respectful of most civilian authority, and will need the counsel of the Church and the minister in making re-adjustment. --------2, Dr W.H. Jernagin Fifth, it is observed that the average soldier will not accept the church is infallible. This fact in itself demands that the church prove itself the champion of the welfare of the total man. As a solider, he has been taught to be practical, life has been undressed of its traditional garments and he thinks in terms of utility. This does not mean that the religious emphasis is lost, but that the religion must be total. Sixth, it is our conviction, that the Negro Church will be called on to assist in this great task, and in many instances will be the only channel of expression. With the above in mind, we are making the following suggestions, recommendations and request for this year’s convention: One, that the program committee will be instructed to have space on the Convention’s program for the discussion of the unique, and important ministry to Servicemen, and to discharged soldiers. Second, that a qualified commission be appointed to study the opportunities, advantages, services, and aids offered Veterans, and that this information be sent out to all churches, and ministers in simplified form, so that through service and a complete ministry the church may reclaim its members. Third, that the convention will study evangelistical techniques, and sponsor with other churches a “Crusade for Christ.” Fourth, that in some way the church will publish some devotional literature to be sent to all chaplains serving with Negro troops. Fifth, that some member of this committee, will be given a place on the Conventions program, as some of us will be in the States; for the Convention. Finally, this letter is not an indictment of our present leaders, but is a very humble attempt of ours to share our observations and if possible, remedy some of our joint weaknesses. We are aware of the contribution that has been made, and we know that the leaders of our Church are anxious to always render the greater service. It has been our privilege through the church to serve in this capacity, and we hope that these observations will be accepted in the spirit with which they are submitted. --------3, Dr W.H. Jernagin 4. With the hope that we will meet soon, and that God will guide us in “His Way Everlasting”. Prayerfully sumitted, The Committee: Robert W. Penn – Chairman Captain AUS Chaplain 1888th Engr. Avn. Bn. Chaplain (Capt.) W.O. Jones 45th QM., Group APO 689 c/o P.M. NYC., N.Y. Chaplain (Capt.) J.H. Smith 858th Engr. Avn. Bn. APO 689 c/o P.M. NYC., N.Y. Chaplain (Capt.) G.R. Yancy 484th AAA Bn. APO 218 c/o P.M. NYC., N.Y. Chaplain (Capt.) T.T. Smith 849th Engr. Avn. Bn. APO 689 c/o P.M. NYC., N.Y. Chaplain (Capt.) C.E. Byrd 1883rd Engr. Avn. Bn. APO 689 c/o P.M. NYC., N.Y. Chaplain (Capt.) C.M.C. Ellis Camp Howrah APO 465 c/o P.M. NYC., N.Y. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter to Dr. W.H. Jernagin Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Penn, Robert E. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Robert E. Penn collection Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1945 April 11 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All images in this collection either are protected by copyright or are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, Inc., and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact archives@auctr.edu with specific object file name. 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PS. 11:3 A college sophomore wrote to his dad and asked: “Dad, why should I dig into history and literature and science and sociology when it looks as if I would be pulled into the Army and spend the next important years of my life at war? The fellows here are discouraged – there doesn’t seem to be much chance for a normal life for us. Some are saying “Why try to do our best when the world is going to hell? Whether we like it or not this mood is the state of many of us who worship here today. But we must hurry and search the records to see if the situation is at all unique to our generation. 500 yrs. Before Christ a nation was taken into captivity they asked: “If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do? Look down the corridors of “over” https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/original/6b27e6ee35da62bb853e39649c2f48bf.jpg 2c89c67026ce21e3b09aadda9a520ec0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource History and all along [?] [?] way and every generation has had to say: why keep on, why try for what is right when everything is going to pot. Take the Black Death of Europe of the 14th century & [?] our [?] that people who were experiencing the destruction of as much as 50% of a community wiped out saying – what’s the use? But recognize that life has gone on in spite of everything With this dismal and dark backdrop – why hold on to [?] best we know when the [?] all seem to the worst? I. For one thing is the answer of Conservative Christianity is that you are an immortal soul, and that your life here on Earth is but a fragment of your total [?] life. YOU ARE MADE FOR ETERNITY YOU HAVE FOREVER TO FACE! Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Why Do One’s Best When the World is Going to Hell? TEXT “If the foundations be destroyed, What can the Righteous do? PS. 11:3 A college sophomore wrote to his dad and asked: “Dad, why should I dig into history and literature and science and sociology when it looks as if I would be pulled into the Army and spend the next important years of my life at war? The fellows here are discouraged – there doesn’t seem to be much chance for a normal life for us. Some are saying “Why try to do our best when the world is going to hell? Whether we like it or not this mood is the state of many of us who worship here today. But we must hurry and search the records to see if the situation is at all unique to our generation. 500 yrs. Before Christ a nation was taken into captivity they asked: “If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do? Look down the corridors of “over” History and all along [?] [?] way and every generation has had to say: why keep on, why try for what is right when everything is going to pot. Take the Black Death of Europe of the 14th century & [?] our [?] that people who were experiencing the destruction of as much as 50% of a community wiped out saying – what’s the use? But recognize that life has gone on in spite of everything With this dismal and dark backdrop – why hold on to [?] best we know when the [?] all seem to the worst? I. For one thing is the answer of Conservative Christianity is that you are an immortal soul, and that your life here on Earth is but a fragment of your total [?] life. YOU ARE MADE FOR ETERNITY YOU HAVE FOREVER TO FACE! Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Archives Research Center Book Collection https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/original/63f8d9f6d75d40e205cc7df0ec19b6f8.jpg 2acfed4eac3bc0be5c32e5f4e7a91a81 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Introductory Sermon Delivered by Dr. L.M. Terrill, Minister, in the Zion Hill Baptist Church and First Director of the Morehouse School of Religion in the I.T.C. and President, General Missionary Baptist Convention of Georgia, Inc. at the National Baptist Convention U.S.A. Inc. held at the Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri September 10, 1969 Subject “Bring Meal” https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/original/28d5ea584deceba5e51441aa62699d0e.jpg 2dfb66d36d55780b445370f2e1ca4b86 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource “Bring Meal” II Kings 4; 41: But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people that they may eat, and there was no harm in the pot. https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/original/c38ea150b9275d918311e798bda78a6c.jpg c97d97036fa60bd26d7ba690c125a232 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <p>I</p> <p>There wasn’t too much difference between the world during the time of Elisha and the prophets at Gilgal and the world during our times. Hunger is nothing new. There is nothing strange about words like poverty, famine, a dearth in the land, and feeding the poor. The basic human needs of man were present then as they are present now. People were hungry then and people are hungry now. There was a famine in the land then and there is a famine in the land now. There was a famine in the midst of plenty then and there is a famine in the midst of plenty now. The voice of the prophet needed to heard then and the voice of the prophet needs to be heard now for survival.</p> <p>Sensing the need for food, Elisha ordered his servant to set on the great pot and boil pottage for the sons of the prophets. This tremendous task of feeding the poor was assigned to Gehazi, the servant of Elijah, but before Gehazi could act, a young man attempted to take the job away from Gehazi, the servant of Elijah. Look what happened! He went out into the field to gather herbs and found a wild[?] vine, and gathered thereof wild[?] gourds, his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage;</p> <p>He went out to meet the needs of the people without designation and without instructions. He gathered a lap full of wild[?] gourds from a wild vine, brought them back, cut them up into the pot of pottage and poured out for the prophets to eat and all of them were at the brink of death when the cry went up “O man of God, there is death in the pot.” Here we see a vivid example of the great danger of a man who was not selected by God or his prophet, who was uninformed, proceeding to meet the hunger problem of the people.</p> https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/original/f6f65414da57ab8452997fed4e686040.jpg 4c1faef57e91efceeb897eb27f633581 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 2 Zeal, good intentions without sufficient instructions, and knowledge and without being chosen are on display here. A man who doesn’t know many prove dangerous and what gathers, cuts up and prepares for the people to eat may be dangerous and deadly. A man’s burning zeal and good motives and good intentions need knowledge to brace, strengthen and guide his actions. Any man or organization that has a mission in the world should cultivate his personality and his heart, but what about his mind? What about proper teaching and instructions? In this day of technological advances, scientific discoveries which have opened new vistas and avenues of knowledge and broadened the intellectual horizons of men, it is absolutely necessary for the door of the church to be high enough for a man to bring his head into the church as well as his heart and his personality. The only thing which this young man lacked most was knowledge. He had plenty of zeal, good motives and good intentions, but he lacked sufficient knowledge. God spoke to Israel and to us when he said in the book of Isaiah, “Come, now, and let us reason together, etc.” How can you reason well with God or anybody else without a cultivated mind? Paul said “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus.” Jesus, himself, not only had a great heart and unusual zeal, but he also had a great mind. It took a great mind to produce the beatitudes, the parables, and the teachings and sayings of Jesus. They came out of a great mind. A leader needs a cultivated mind and a leader needs to cultivate the minds of his followers (Illustration of conversation that H.H. Coleman had with a friend of his that he preached for) https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/original/69e7b1bdde135d5498474d696b227c0a.jpg 7b91d023629b228a191b5d1cf90b196a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource -3- Without proper instructions from his teacher, Elisha, the young man didn’t know where or how to go and gather food for the people to eat. He had good motives, good intentions and a burning zeal, but he didn’t have enough information. Consequently, he almost killed everybody trying to feed them, He almost destroyed them trying to help them. He just didn’t’ know. He didn’t know the difference between a wild gourd and a pumpkin. There are some social scientists and other specialists who are trying to feed the people properly who don’t know the difference between right and wrong. There are men and organizations like this young man today who are trying to set our American House in order who do not know the difference between a racketeer and a pulpiteer, between law[?] and grace, between justice and mercy, between damnation and salvation, between hell and heaven. Therefore, they frequently damage and destroy people trying to help and save them. Let us notice what the young man gathered and how much he gathered. He gathered a lap full of wild gourds which were full of poison. Though his motives and intentions were good, the stubborn fact remains that there was death in the pot, a lap full and then a pot full of poison for the prophets to eat. Poison is all right, if you don’t make a whole meal out of it. The sad part about the prodigal son story is that the boy wasted all of his substance in riotous living. He made a whole meal out of it. The story would have been entirely different if he had used his substance in Godly living. https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/original/1653417d1aab31018870d0c033a0f02c.jpg a3bce3414373152dbfef970d8bbd56aa Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource -4- Poison needs regulation. Physicians and scientists use strychnine, morphine, cocaine and other poisonous drugs and chemicals, and these poisonous drugs and chemicals prove very helpful because they know how to prescribe them in proper dosage and regulate them. There is a great deal of poison in our social order and in our world today but in the hands of zealous persons with good intentions, without knowledge and the ability to regulate, these poisons can prove very harmful. But in the hands of trained political, social, economic, and religious scientists these poisons can be controlled and become very useful and beneficial. Let us look at the things that our untrained zealous leaders have brought us today. They have brought us a world community in which the rich are getting richer, the poor are getting poorer, we have the unequal distribution of wealth, racial prejudice, atheism, peonage slavery, murder, a caste system based on color, money and military might, dead churches, struggling schools, mounting unemployment among negroes all out of proportion for that among whites, strikes, boycotts, naked children, hungry widows, undernourished babies, crime, racketeers, profiteers, divorces, unlawful gain, death and hell. The taste of these wild gourds is bitter, nauseating and poisonous. The same poisonous elements are present now, America, in our declining and decaying society as they were in the fall of the Roman Empire as described by Gibbons. https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/original/75aeb4a84b04ef99b3c13569471d34bc.jpg 49d337c92c6cfc31c5adb9cd5652e63d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource -5- Jerome Davis, in his book “Capitalism and its Culture” tells us that the poisonous elements in our decaying capitalistic system have even penetrated our church life so strongly that we think of our minister as an executive, an administrator, a money raiser, a go-getter, a good public relations man, rather than a gospel preacher, a physician of souls or a counsellor in whom people can confide and be helped in their moments of great need in this mad and disjointed world. Our present world situation is in the same category, it seems, as it was during the time of Elisha, and, we too, find ourselves in a great world dilemma. If we eat what our present world leaders have put in this world pot, we will die, and if we don’t eat we will die. What shall we do? Was the cry then and it is the cry now. O, man of God, what shall we do? Shall we have war in the Middle East which could lead to a totally destructive world war? How long shall America hold military vigil over the nations in South-Vietnam and Southeast Asia? Shall we stand idly by while Russia and Red China destroy all of us while destroying themselves? How can a domestic society continue to exist when you have so much starvation in the midst of plenty? How long can we survive in a world half-slave and half-free? How long can we long exist in a world community in which every effort toward freedom by the oppressed peoples of the world is met with continued exploitation and even bloodshed? There is a great and urgent need for a summit conference not only between the United States, Russia, and Communist China, but a summit or mountain top conference with God. https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/original/4c530fc164e787d0b11c46678ab32351.jpg 717e01337a7079bd3d55ff7ea7230419 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource -6- If we go to the summit or the mountain top we have a good chance to hear the voice of Elisha say “Bring meal” and put it in the pot and the prophets can eat unharmed. What does Elisha mean? He means that we need not throw the wild gourds away, we need not cast aside the young man with the good intentions good motives and a burning zeal; just bring the other ingredient which the young man left behind and nothing and nobody will be lost, for God is not a God of destruction, but a God of salvation. We need not cast aside our education, our progress, our social, political, religious and economic order, nor the persons who administer world affairs. We need to instruct them to go back and bring the meal which they left out. Our Convention is saying and I am saying to the rulers of America like Elisha said to the young man, years ago, Go back and bring the meal which you have left out. You have left out the meal. You have left out God, the Truth; Honesty, Justice, Mercy, the Bible, Regeneration, Patience, the Gospel of Love, and self-denial. The Christian Church today like Elisha of Old gives the answer and the solution and that is “Go back and bring the meal.” Bring God in your science, Truth in your mathematics, mercy in your sociology, love in your Economics, regeneration in your biology, the Bible in your Political Government, patience in your chemistry, the Gospel in your Genetics, sacrifice in your medicine, self-denial in your History. https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/original/fe93623d17fdb0f9e2a14540ca4f8917.jpg 733eb59f018e9c755b3b00f0cde39bde Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource -7- Unselfish service in your Theology. Go back, young man, said Elisha – Go back, America says our Convention, and bring the meal. The meal will neutralize the poison in the wild gourds and make them eatable and helpful. McKeener, in his book “Social Causation” says that the economic factor in our social structure is out of balance. The “meal” will put balance and equilibrium in our total structure and make us a redeeming, well-balanced social structure and society. The thing we need most in our world pot is meal. Jesus said to the rich young ruler, “One thing thou lackest, Go sell that thou hast and give to the poor and take up your cross and follow me.” For the meal to be most effective it must be ground up. Not the full grain of corn is needed in our world situation, but ground up meal. Meal which is well ground, crushed and born out of nature’s suffering and humiliation. That’s the kind of meal that is necessary for you social scientists to bring back and the kind of meal it will take to make all of these wild gourds fit to eat. Elisha sent the same man who brought the poison to go back and bring the neutralizing meal, bruised and crushed. Perfume is the by product of the crushed flower. Quinine comes from the bruised bark of the cinchona tree. Turpentine comes from the wounded pine tree. Salvation comes to us from the bruised and crucified Savior for “He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes are we healed.” https://glamportal.auctr.edu/files/original/616837db6dd2471819fcbfc880ed8a3b.jpg 2686f9c2f7ba2201c43f2e3ba13e6597 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource -8- The crushing and bruising process enables Jesus to be both human and divine. Jesus is the son of man, he is the son of God, both in one. He is just as much son of man as though He were not son of God, and is just as much son of God as though we were not son of man. Someone in describing the humanity and divinity of Christ has said, “He was so human, he became weary; He was so divine He said, “Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest.” He was so human He became hungry; He was so divine He could take five loaves and two fishes and feed five thousand; He was so human He felt the need to pray; He was so divine that in all of His praying there was no confession of sin. He was so human that He had to sleep; He was so divine that He arose from sleep and stilled the roaring tempest. He was so human that He accepted a village girl’s invitation to her wedding; He was so divine that at this wedding He changed water to wine. He was so human that he yearned for human sympathy; He was so divine that he trod the wilderness alone. Jesus is our prophet, priest and king, root out of dry ground, Abraham’s friend, Jacob’s Shiloh, Aaron’s rod, David’s staff, Solomon’s Rose, Jeremiah’s Battle ax, Ezekiel’s wheel, Daniel’s stone, the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. He changes your sadness into gladness, your bitterness into sweetness, your darkness into light, your grief into joy, your sin into regeneration, your damnation into salvation, your badness into goodness, your death into life and your hell into heaven. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Introductory Sermon Delivered by Dr. L.M. Terrill, Minister, in the Zion Hill Baptist Church and First Director of the Morehouse School of Religion in the I.T.C. and President, General Missionary Baptist Convention of Georgia, Inc. at the National Baptist Convention U.S.A. Inc. held at the Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri September 10, 1969 Subject “Bring Meal” “Bring Meal” II Kings 4; 41: But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people that they may eat, and there was no harm in the pot. I There wasn’t too much difference between the world during the time of Elisha and the prophets at Gilgal and the world during our times. Hunger is nothing new. There is nothing strange about words like poverty, famine, a dearth in the land, and feeding the poor. The basic human needs of man were present then as they are present now. People were hungry then and people are hungry now. There was a famine in the land then and there is a famine in the land now. There was a famine in the midst of plenty then and there is a famine in the midst of plenty now. The voice of the prophet needed to heard then and the voice of the prophet needs to be heard now for survival. Sensing the need for food, Elisha ordered his servant to set on the great pot and boil pottage for the sons of the prophets. This tremendous task of feeding the poor was assigned to Gehazi, the servant of Elijah, but before Gehazi could act, a young man attempted to take the job away from Gehazi, the servant of Elijah. Look what happened! He went out into the field to gather herbs and found a wild[?] vine, and gathered thereof wild[?] gourds, his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage; He went out to meet the needs of the people without designation and without instructions. He gathered a lap full of wild[?] gourds from a wild vine, brought them back, cut them up into the pot of pottage and poured out for the prophets to eat and all of them were at the brink of death when the cry went up “O man of God, there is death in the pot.” Here we see a vivid example of the great danger of a man who was not selected by God or his prophet, who was uninformed, proceeding to meet the hunger problem of the people. 2 Zeal, good intentions without sufficient instructions, and knowledge and without being chosen are on display here. A man who doesn’t know many prove dangerous and what gathers, cuts up and prepares for the people to eat may be dangerous and deadly. A man’s burning zeal and good motives and good intentions need knowledge to brace, strengthen and guide his actions. Any man or organization that has a mission in the world should cultivate his personality and his heart, but what about his mind? What about proper teaching and instructions? In this day of technological advances, scientific discoveries which have opened new vistas and avenues of knowledge and broadened the intellectual horizons of men, it is absolutely necessary for the door of the church to be high enough for a man to bring his head into the church as well as his heart and his personality. The only thing which this young man lacked most was knowledge. He had plenty of zeal, good motives and good intentions, but he lacked sufficient knowledge. God spoke to Israel and to us when he said in the book of Isaiah, “Come, now, and let us reason together, etc.” How can you reason well with God or anybody else without a cultivated mind? Paul said “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus.” Jesus, himself, not only had a great heart and unusual zeal, but he also had a great mind. It took a great mind to produce the beatitudes, the parables, and the teachings and sayings of Jesus. They came out of a great mind. A leader needs a cultivated mind and a leader needs to cultivate the minds of his followers (Illustration of conversation that H.H. Coleman had with a friend of his that he preached for) -3- Without proper instructions from his teacher, Elisha, the young man didn’t know where or how to go and gather food for the people to eat. He had good motives, good intentions and a burning zeal, but he didn’t have enough information. Consequently, he almost killed everybody trying to feed them, He almost destroyed them trying to help them. He just didn’t’ know. He didn’t know the difference between a wild gourd and a pumpkin. There are some social scientists and other specialists who are trying to feed the people properly who don’t know the difference between right and wrong. There are men and organizations like this young man today who are trying to set our American House in order who do not know the difference between a racketeer and a pulpiteer, between law[?] and grace, between justice and mercy, between damnation and salvation, between hell and heaven. Therefore, they frequently damage and destroy people trying to help and save them. Let us notice what the young man gathered and how much he gathered. He gathered a lap full of wild gourds which were full of poison. Though his motives and intentions were good, the stubborn fact remains that there was death in the pot, a lap full and then a pot full of poison for the prophets to eat. Poison is all right, if you don’t make a whole meal out of it. The sad part about the prodigal son story is that the boy wasted all of his substance in riotous living. He made a whole meal out of it. The story would have been entirely different if he had used his substance in Godly living. -4- Poison needs regulation. Physicians and scientists use strychnine, morphine, cocaine and other poisonous drugs and chemicals, and these poisonous drugs and chemicals prove very helpful because they know how to prescribe them in proper dosage and regulate them. There is a great deal of poison in our social order and in our world today but in the hands of zealous persons with good intentions, without knowledge and the ability to regulate, these poisons can prove very harmful. But in the hands of trained political, social, economic, and religious scientists these poisons can be controlled and become very useful and beneficial. Let us look at the things that our untrained zealous leaders have brought us today. They have brought us a world community in which the rich are getting richer, the poor are getting poorer, we have the unequal distribution of wealth, racial prejudice, atheism, peonage slavery, murder, a caste system based on color, money and military might, dead churches, struggling schools, mounting unemployment among negroes all out of proportion for that among whites, strikes, boycotts, naked children, hungry widows, undernourished babies, crime, racketeers, profiteers, divorces, unlawful gain, death and hell. The taste of these wild gourds is bitter, nauseating and poisonous. The same poisonous elements are present now, America, in our declining and decaying society as they were in the fall of the Roman Empire as described by Gibbons. -5- Jerome Davis, in his book “Capitalism and its Culture” tells us that the poisonous elements in our decaying capitalistic system have even penetrated our church life so strongly that we think of our minister as an executive, an administrator, a money raiser, a go-getter, a good public relations man, rather than a gospel preacher, a physician of souls or a counsellor in whom people can confide and be helped in their moments of great need in this mad and disjointed world. Our present world situation is in the same category, it seems, as it was during the time of Elisha, and, we too, find ourselves in a great world dilemma. If we eat what our present world leaders have put in this world pot, we will die, and if we don’t eat we will die. What shall we do? Was the cry then and it is the cry now. O, man of God, what shall we do? Shall we have war in the Middle East which could lead to a totally destructive world war? How long shall America hold military vigil over the nations in South-Vietnam and Southeast Asia? Shall we stand idly by while Russia and Red China destroy all of us while destroying themselves? How can a domestic society continue to exist when you have so much starvation in the midst of plenty? How long can we survive in a world half-slave and half-free? How long can we long exist in a world community in which every effort toward freedom by the oppressed peoples of the world is met with continued exploitation and even bloodshed? There is a great and urgent need for a summit conference not only between the United States, Russia, and Communist China, but a summit or mountain top conference with God. -6- If we go to the summit or the mountain top we have a good chance to hear the voice of Elisha say “Bring meal” and put it in the pot and the prophets can eat unharmed. What does Elisha mean? He means that we need not throw the wild gourds away, we need not cast aside the young man with the good intentions good motives and a burning zeal; just bring the other ingredient which the young man left behind and nothing and nobody will be lost, for God is not a God of destruction, but a God of salvation. We need not cast aside our education, our progress, our social, political, religious and economic order, nor the persons who administer world affairs. We need to instruct them to go back and bring the meal which they left out. Our Convention is saying and I am saying to the rulers of America like Elisha said to the young man, years ago, Go back and bring the meal which you have left out. You have left out the meal. You have left out God, the Truth; Honesty, Justice, Mercy, the Bible, Regeneration, Patience, the Gospel of Love, and self-denial. The Christian Church today like Elisha of Old gives the answer and the solution and that is “Go back and bring the meal.” Bring God in your science, Truth in your mathematics, mercy in your sociology, love in your Economics, regeneration in your biology, the Bible in your Political Government, patience in your chemistry, the Gospel in your Genetics, sacrifice in your medicine, self-denial in your History. -7- Unselfish service in your Theology. Go back, young man, said Elisha – Go back, America says our Convention, and bring the meal. The meal will neutralize the poison in the wild gourds and make them eatable and helpful. McKeener, in his book “Social Causation” says that the economic factor in our social structure is out of balance. The “meal” will put balance and equilibrium in our total structure and make us a redeeming, well-balanced social structure and society. The thing we need most in our world pot is meal. Jesus said to the rich young ruler, “One thing thou lackest, Go sell that thou hast and give to the poor and take up your cross and follow me.” For the meal to be most effective it must be ground up. Not the full grain of corn is needed in our world situation, but ground up meal. Meal which is well ground, crushed and born out of nature’s suffering and humiliation. That’s the kind of meal that is necessary for you social scientists to bring back and the kind of meal it will take to make all of these wild gourds fit to eat. Elisha sent the same man who brought the poison to go back and bring the neutralizing meal, bruised and crushed. Perfume is the by product of the crushed flower. Quinine comes from the bruised bark of the cinchona tree. Turpentine comes from the wounded pine tree. Salvation comes to us from the bruised and crucified Savior for “He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes are we healed.” -8- The crushing and bruising process enables Jesus to be both human and divine. Jesus is the son of man, he is the son of God, both in one. He is just as much son of man as though He were not son of God, and is just as much son of God as though we were not son of man. Someone in describing the humanity and divinity of Christ has said, “He was so human, he became weary; He was so divine He said, “Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest.” He was so human He became hungry; He was so divine He could take five loaves and two fishes and feed five thousand; He was so human He felt the need to pray; He was so divine that in all of His praying there was no confession of sin. 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