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VOL. X.
CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
BISHOP C H. MASON
1121  Mississippi Blvd.
Memphis, Tenn.
26TH HOLY
CONVOCATION
Partial Report of thc 26th Annual
Convocation of thc Church of God in
Christ, by Sis. Anna Smith, Recording Secretary.
Memphis, Tenn.
The liOt.li Annual Convocation of thc
Church of God in Christ convened al
Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 25th to Dec.
lath, inclusive, 1!)33.
Thc meeting began as usual with
first three days given lo fasting and
prayer. The three days' fast were
spent almost entirely in prayer to
God. Great results were obtained in
the spirit from thc long tarry before
God and it seemed that the ministers
of God were anointed of thc Holy
(.ihosi to preach the gospel as never
before.
Wc were blessed witli favorable
weather throughout thc meeting. God
was well pleased with Ihe .selling of
'Hits ThfrjiJtti^rVuf annual nteetmgiCT
Regardless of Ihe financial pressure", our delegation was from ihe
North, South, East and West, even
from the Dominion of Canada.' The
Eastern delegation was unusually
large. We were refreshed in mind and
spirit and a determination deeper to
stay with God. An average of 10,(100
attended each night, making an estimate of 200.000 people attending daring the 20 days of the meeting.
Thousands e.f people were fed ill
the free kitchen. We were blessed
with Holy Ghost sermons each night.
Thc speakers being highly anointed
of God.
Our dear Elder Samuel was very
much afflicted, yet at his post of duly
as a bold soldier. This in ilsolf-
helped to make the meeting great.
Elder S. II. Jones, also another great
warrior of God, was blessed to be
present as a co-laborer wilh Elder
.Samuel, Elder E. M. I'age, Manager
Commissary Department, was at his
post, of duty, .with Ma Page hy his
side who had charge of the mail. E'd.
.f. E. Williams, national secretary of
the Ministers' Council, Elder W. G.
Shipman, secretary of Incorporation;
Elder A. M. Cohen, treasurer, Incorporation; Elder W. M. Roberts, chairman national Elders' Council; Elder
J. E. Hightower, national treasurer;
Elder C. E. Bennett, national auditor;
Elder C. G. Brown, secretary-treasurer
Home-Foreign Missions; Elder F. C.
Christmas, national Sunday School superintendent,; Mother Lizzie Roberson,
general supervisor of Women's Work;
Sis. Lillian Coffey, national secretary;
Sis. A. L. Pennington, secretary of the
Women's Dept., all at their post of
duly. Elder Hanoi Young, the registrar, collector of names and dollars.
Altar service each day and night
with greal success fiiled wilh seekers.
Many were saved and many were
healed. All night tarries were conducted by Elder Utah Smith, who is
specially anointed   for .same.
Our finance was very good considering conditions. Elder L. C. Page
of St. Louis, was a great help to the
finance committee in lifting thc offerings.
The Y. P. W. W. rendered a splendid program and was also given a
night for their young preachers.
Dr. Nunez, was with us in thc meeting and had a special day for the
women and a special day for Ihe men.
which proved very helpful.
Elder D. Bostic, chairman of the
building committee, and an all-around
man, was also at his post of duly.
Plans were drawn up for a new
building lo be erected on our present
site during the year 1934. The building is to be three stories high with
;-. seating capacity of 12,000. Plans
of blue print and building were submitted to those in our midst who have
such qualifications.
Educational night. Elder W. G.
Shipman, presiding. Elder E. E. Hamilton, one of the members of the board
of   education,   gave   a   report of  the
that 268 acres' »f land had been purchased by th|% "state board and was
paid for beforj ' erecting a building.
They have a aprmitory at a cost of
$8,000.00 paid Ar and an administration building tfcsting $10,000.00, on
which they o-wtfohly $1,600.00 and a
boys' barrack citing $1,000.00. The
school has nofefchad to close its doors
and has not faffed to pay partially on
all notes when' due. The school has
an enrollment of 42 boarding scholars
taken in this year.
One thing corAmendable, thc whole
faculty is sancl'.ljed.
Women's D*,,*Jfl>j{|uaa.l pother Liz
zie Roberson, fcipervrsof^'of1 Women's
Work, conducted^, this thc 21st sitting
ol the Women's jfbrk.
Each day thejrScere in session the
State Mothers "give beautiful lessons
and exhortations to the women in general. Also the missionaries were
given a space to speak in this session
Near the close* if the meeting.- We
were given a Tithing by Our Chief
Apostle, Elder CflB. Mason, as many
were departing ti their homes with
out waiting the Spirit's order to go.
We heard him any "Wait for the Lord
to give you go oijin safety, if you don't
you arc likley tj go away and meet
with death. Stay and see what the
conclusion of thS ^rhole matter is. Let
the spirit give you the blessing of
departing from tje meeting.
lie is able ip-direct thc steps of
his people. Stay and be better informed about s-oifccthing that has been
done, that you might have to inquire
about if you leave:the meeting before
time. Stay on and let God give you
go away in peacft
Inauguration ot Bishops; Scripture
read by Senior Bishop Eld. C. H. Ma
son, 1 Tim. 3rd chapter, 1st verse,
through the 14th. Afterwards Elders
I. S. Stafford, R. P. Williams, W. M.
Roberts, E. M. Page and O. T. Jones
were scaled before our-Senior Bishop
C. II. Mason, who laid his hands upon
them. Prayer was made that they
might be anointed with brotherly love
and that they might be delivered from
all evil and their hearts blessed with
the knowledge of what to do. They
were fcllowshipped into this great
work as helpers to our Senior Bishop.
God bless them in Jesus' name. Sis.
Sparks the ^ $).-*». M her post
nit failed ti?' catch sotnc or those fast
goinr: preachers for their subscriptions. ,       }
Our delegation aiifl our mcfting was
the greatest since first entering into
the tabernacle.
The spirit of unity and peace prevailed   throughout  the  meeting.
Even so came Lord Jesus.   Amen.
C. H. MASON, Senior Bishop.
1'    ia.    Hr   said
SPECIAL
NOTICE
To the Church at Large:
Greetings.
This is to inform you that some of
thc important proceedings of thc meeting will be continued in thc next iss"c,
or some other publication that will bt
provided for same. Space would not
allow us at this time to print all so
we hope you will consider the predicament.
Many of our agents write, asking
what consideration shall they expect
for selling thc papers.
You sell the papers for 10c per copy
and keep 10c of each dollar for yourself, deduct for postage and send in
balance, within ten days if possible.
For example, as follows: You have
50 papers, you sell them for 10c each;
that comes to $5.00. You keep 10c of
each dollar which is 50c; that leaves
$4.50. You take fie to pay for money
order, $3 for stamps, which equals lie.
lie plus 50c equals 61c, therefore you
mail us order for $5.00 less 01c, which
will make the order $4.,'i'J you send
to the office.    Is that clear?
Some promised to send in their subscriptions as soon as they returned
home from the meeting. Of course,
that was some 15 days ago, and wc
truly hope you have reached home by
this writing and will send in that
$1.10.
Send all monies to the Editor, 820
N. Montgomery St., Memphis, Tenn.
Some wrote us that they sent in important reports and found them in the
church briefs. Wc. beg to advise that
unless a reasonable donation accompany your report it will always be
found in the briefs.
We ask you to remember thc general dollar money, $1.00 from each
member lo be sent to Elder C. H.
Mason, 112! Mississippi Ave, Mem
phis, Tenn., by the first Sunday in
April, 1934. All that were at thc past
meeting could sec the need of a new
building, therefore this call is urgent.
If we start in time gathering this
dollar money wc will be able to make
a round report by the set time.
Yours for a bigger church,
MRS. ELIA V. SPARKS,
Editor.   :
BRO EDWARD A. rnOPER.
Co-Editor.
BISHOP DilBOSE
HITS NATION'S
FLESHPOTS
AMERICA WILL PERISH UNLES8
IT REPENTB, HE SHOUTS
"Open license of drink and vast ex
hibits of private and public Bin" now
flourish In America; unless thc nation
repent "it will, and must perish,"
Bishop DuBose declared in a sermon
at the Harris Memorial Methodist
Church.
The bishop took his text from Ha-
bakkuk 3:3, "God came from Teman
and the Holy One from the heavens,
and thc earth was full of his praise."
The bishop continued:
"Here is a record of great thinking done in a time of great and tragic
happenings, great emotions, great and
dread experiences. Though falling
3,000 years in the past, it bears aspects of strong resemblance to the
thoughts, life and activities of our
own day; if happily we can make
high use in our own thoughts of its
precedents and warnings.
"The key to thc meaning of this Old
Testament situation is that of the
personality of the young prophet, Ha-
bakkuk. A man of like spirit will be
able to read in our own times of
stress, challenge and dread, a like
vision of glory and of good; and to
give place to thc same manner of
great thoughts as those which make
up the masterful imageries and dramatic movements found in the Book
of Habakkuk.
Prophet Needed
"This day of the New Deal in America needs a great prophet to see truth,
to see righteousness, to see God. It
needs a great voice to proclaim repentance, right doing, right motive,
sobriety, honesty and cleanness of motive.
"Habakkuk was the last of the writing prophets before, the Jewish exile
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BAPTIZED   WITH  THE  HOLY   GHOST NOT MANY DAYS HENCE."—Acta 1:5-8.
PAGE NO. 9
HIS. TENN., FEBRUARY, 1934
No. 1
ictory.
Don't delay hV ending yen
money to Seniin Bishop C. Hi Mason,
1121 Mississippi Ave., Memphis,.Tenn.
This money will be used for the erection of a modern tabernacle. We are
expecting each member of this great
brotherhood to send in their dollar
by the first Sunday in April. Let the
overseers, pastors, state mothers and
co-workers urge the saints everywhere to send in $1.00 to help put
this program over.
Ptacc in your '"^uUJiieans
Nebuchadnezzar 10 years before that
event happened; but thc king and the
people laughed him to scorn, saying,
Jerusalem is invulnerable and unconquerable.'
"Thereupon he repaired to a walch
tower on Mount Quarantana nine
miles from Jerusalem from which for
10 years he issued warnings; but
promised that Jehovah would withhold
his wrath if only the people would
repent of their drunkenness and idolatries and walk in soberness, justice
and  righteousness.
"But they would not repent; and so
the holy city and its beautiful temple
perished in seigc and flame and the
people went away to a long bondage.
If a prophet should arise in America today and say, 'Except the people
of this republic repent of their sins
of drunkenness, dishonesty, greed and
uncleanness. the whole land shall perish.' lie would be laughed to scorn.
"And yet Nineveh perished, and Jerusalem and Babylon and the old
Rome, and the barbaric and militaristic empires of the Romanoffs and
Hohenzollcrns; and America may—except its people repent, it will—it must.
Great thinking can be done only
in  the midst of great sorrowings.
In its open license of drink and
its vast exhibits of private and public
sins, and in thc troubled conditions
of our national life, the present day
furnishes   thc   surroundings.
O for the voice of Habakkuk, of
John the Baptis.t of St. Paul, of Sa-
vanarola.
"Great thinking is prophecy. It can
be done only in thc consciousness of
the presence of God and His judgments in the individual hearts of men,
in life, in history; and in the rewards
which come to faith and righteousness."
MEMORIAM
In memory of our beloved Brother
Ben Thompson, whom thc Lord saw
fit to call from labor to reward on
Dec. 11, 1933.
Brother Thompson was a true saint,
he lived thc life and proved faithful
unto the end. He was a helpful worker in the church. He served as church
treasurer, Sunday school teacher and
deacon.
We shall miss his songs and smiling face. But thc will of the Lord
must be done.
Sleep" on, Brother Thompson
And take your rest,
You have fought a good fight,
You have finished your course.
He leaves to mourn their lo3s, a
wife, an adopted daughter and other
relatives,  saints   and   friends.
ELDER  J.   H.
BOONE,
Pastor.
SISTER  BERTHA  HICKS,
Reporter.
242 N. i th St.
ITiiladelpI ia, Pa.
JONES
A FEW BRIEFS
FROM BISHOP
C, H. MASON
 'it_
By ELDER C. RANGE
Give the people light that they may
sec the way.
Hard times are nailing you to the
cross but in the f*«c of hard times
the spirit of prayer, is crying out.
The children of Owl  have a
time wondering in (rod.
The day is at hand.
good
Under  the  Sphritof God you will
find His glory.    ~J
Elder J. Wells, of Newark, N. J.,
who was on the sick list has recovered  from  his attack.
Senior Bishop C. H. Mason, who
was in Chester, Pa., complimented our
beautiful edifice which is the largest
church owned by thc Church of God
in Christ cast of thc Alleghany
tuoutains.
Elder Porter, of Newark, N. J. who
was in Woodlyn, Pa., conducting a revival meeting has returned home.
Elder B. M. Keith, of Morristown,
N. J., is making preparations for a
great revival   meeting .
Elder C. W. Johnson, of Jersey
City, N. J., is moving up thc King's
highway with a happy band of
saints.
The Lord is blessing us here in our
tenth year revival meeting, thc fire
is falling and I lie saints arc shouting
for  joy.
Yours in Christ,
ELDER W. J. JOHNSON, Pastor,
Columbus,  Ohio
ATLANTIC CITY,
N. J.
Greetings in Jesus' Name.
Wc, thc Saints of Atlantic City,
wish to report victory. Wc arc on
the upward march under the leadership of our beloved pastor, Elder A.
E. Evans. Souls are being saved and
added  to  the church.
The Lord blessed our pastor and
deacons to secure a beautiful place
of worship for us for which we thank
the Lord.
We were blessed to have, our former pastor, Elder J. Douglass, with
us and we truly did enjoy him. We
have a lovely band of saints. The
old faithful ones are yet on thc job
for thc King.
We beg interest in vour prayers.
BRO.  R. DAVIS, Reporter.
Aacient Strettt Found
An Australian. exi(pditl«n unearthed
T.OWyear-old ruin's 4n th> Nil* showing an orderly arrangement of streets
along the linfts of Modem town planning, j.
SEATTLE, WASH.
Greetings in Jesus'  name.
We wish to report victory over sin
and the devil. We thank God for
Jesus and for how he has led us thus
far. Truly he is a leader who knows
how to lftd those who desire to follow him. He passed this way to bring
salvation to a lost world, when wc in
no way could deliver ourselves. He
came forth, paid the price and made
it possible for those who would come
unto him and accept his wonderful
plan of salvation. He looked from
the beginning of time to the end of
this world and made it possible that
each generation in their time as they
pass thru this world could enjoy him
(Jesus) according to the desire of
their heart. Then if we are not enjoying him today it is because we are
standing in our own way. Jesus died
that we might have life and that more
abundantly. Now let us look to him
as never before as this New Year
passes on. Let Lus keep our minds
stayed on him. We cannot express
his greatness to the sons of men he
is worthy of all consideration and he
is greatly to be praised.
Elder W. T. Perry returned to us
from San Francisco, Calif., and is
now conducting a meeting assisted by
Sister M. L. Miller, and Mother Chapman. Wo arc being taught many wonderful things of thc Lord for which
wc are glad.
We a ^looking forward to other
Elders ; workers coming to lend
us a helpiYRhand.
Wc desin7 your prayers that the
Lord will ever lead us in his own way
and give us an understanding heart
that we might be able to win souls
for Christ.
SISTER M. DINNERSON,
Secretary.
BRO.
L. E. TOLLIVER,
Reporter.
MARO. AUK,
TKTIM0NY
Greetings in Jesus' dear nan-.e.
I am glad that I can report victory
over sin. I wish to tell of the wonderful healing power of God. In September, 1933, I was lying on my bfjd,
I had a vision. I saw a man standing- near my bedside, who said to me
you have a very bad stomcah and you
will have to have an operation and
after thc operation you will have ten
days of grievance. Then suddenly the
man disappeared. I then turned to
thc Lord and began to pray. I decided
to go through ten days of grievance
before God before having au operation. I began to pour out my complaint before the Lord, with a serious
grievance.
On thc tenth day God truly healed
mo of my infirmities. Before this
after eating I would have terrible gas
pains. My stomach would stay swollen and I did not have a waist line.
But thank God, today I am healed.
The swelling has gone out of my
stomach and I have a waist line. My
stomach feels as it did when I was
a girl and I am over 50 years eld.
The Lord has done great things for
mc  whereof I am  glad.
I desire your prayers.
SISTER L. A. BERRY.
BELL BUCKLE,
TENN.
Greetings.
We thank the Lord for being saved,
sanctified and baptized with the Holy
Ghost and Fire according to Acts 2:4.
T thank the Lord for this wonderful
paper which I have been reading ever
since September, 1929, when I was
saved at Union Ridge in thc school
building where I was teaching. Ever
since that time I have desired others
to know of Jesus in thc Holy Ghost.
About the last of September the
Lord stirred Sister Katie King, district missionary, to run a meeting
in Bell Buckle, Tennessee. She invited the members of Shelbyville and
Union Ridge to attend.
Elder Bright and his loyal members,
Brother J. J. Mahon and others of us
attended. Thuly God worked among
the men and women of that place.
Nino souls were saved, sanctified and
baptized with the Holy Ghost and
Fire, over which Brother Mahon has
bee^n appointed as pastor.
Pray much for these babes in Christ
and that God will continue to save
souls in Bell Buckle. Pray also that
God will save souls in Haley, Tenn.,
where I am now teaching.
BRO. J. J, MAHON, Pastor.
SIS. A. H. BHAJiE, Reporter
NOTICE
Greetings.
Elder L. C. Page, national evangelist of the Church ijf God in Christ,
is asking that the Saints everywhere
send in a request offering to help
Elder Saint Samuel, who has been
much afflicted.
Elder Samuel's expense for answering letters is often more than one
dollar per day. Please let us help
him by sending him a request offering at once. Send difectly to his address, 958 So, Fifth St., Memphis,
Tenn.
We arc also asking that thc Saints
everywhere set aside Feb. 15-10-17 as
days for fasting and praying for Elder
Samuel that God will heal his body.
Supper may be eaten at 5 o'clock each
afternoon.
ELDER L. C. PAGE.
Even so, come Lord Jesus.
CHRISTIAN
STANDARDS
OF LIFE
From the lime thc rinciples of Jesus were first preached, down to our
time the Christian standards of life
have differed from the standards held
and practiced by the world. Before
Christians were called such, they were
known as followers of "the way."
This identification came to them naturally because the mode of life
among them was different from the
general mode of life around them.
Simplicity, liberality, fellowship, boldness and holy zeal existed in striking
contrast with thc pomp, legal giving,
cold aloofness, self-satisfaction, and
smugness of the general order. The
"new way" was the Christian way,
guided by Christian standards and
wap intended to continue>4lirough all
tiniilas the acceptable jwy to live
05 klyj. many discinf-'-Jyho joined
up tit. '-flomes and ttfeir occupations
and c|4vote all their Jims . Lo .Ij>us.
All, however, were led lo give up their
old 'standards of motives and practices and to accept Jesus' standards
in believing, inconduct, in motives,
and in spirit. Thc initial step into the
Christian way has always been the
same. Thc worldly way, with its independence of Christ, its self-sufficiency, its excuses for sin, its approval of indwelling evil, its social shading of truth, its selfish grasping for
personal advantage, its seeking for
pleasure and thrills in the "far country," its attempts to feed the soul on
the "bread that satisficth not," lies
along a vastly divergent line from the
Christian way. All who wish to be
Christians in truth must live by Ihe
new standards Jesus set up.
One cannot lead the blind unless he,
himself, can see. One cannot leach
unless he, himself, has been taught
How can one practice Christian standards, or lead others to do so, unless
he is himself a real Christian. There
is no such thing as a Christian family unless thc members, at least the
chief members, arc Christians. It is
folly to think that thc practice of
Christians ideals can be spread like a
mantle over great groups of people.
Christian ideals can be spread like a
of thc hearts of those who have been
made Christians and who continuously grow in grace.
Thc greatest means of cultivating
thc devotional life is the practice of
prayer. No amount of service activities can take the place: of this. Prayer is probably thc greatest privilege
granted to man- Prayer is not alone
asking God for favors. That is a part
of prayer, but not Hit whole of it.
Prayer is communion. I,t includes both
talking with and listening to God.
Jesus early taught his followers, both
by instruction and by example how lo
pray. One thing which could not escape them as they observed Him in
prayer was that,prayer was a great
necessity in his ministry aud in his
own personal life. He could not live
without communion with His Father.
And wc arc powerless and lifeless if
wc do not pray.
Christian standards are not for the
Christian's inner life alone, but for
thc out-reach of his, life as well.
Christian living has an objective
phase. Jesus was not only God's divine Son; He was also the Good Shepherd in his relations wijh men. As His
divine life expressed itself in service
to others, so the Christian's inner life
will find expression JTbjr itself.
Christian standards for the family
mean a father and apmother united
in purpose to make thejr home clearly
Christian in spirit, its businss, its
associations, its government and
training of the childi-eil, its contributions to the following generations,
and its handling of the internal problems that arise. There are also Christian standards for local and national
citizenship in respect to observance
of the law. Living up to Christian
standards  of   conduct   in   obseri'injj
BISHOP E. M. PAGE
3108   Thomas   St.
Dallas, Tex.
the law would make it necessary for a
Court of Appeals to render a decision
such as it did recently, that a person
who violates thc provisions of the
Prohibition Act cannot be loyally patriotic, "nor can it be said that such
a person possesses good moral character." There is a Chritian standard
for vocations, and for thc use of money, of talents, of leisure, and of influence.
HEALTH_0F BODY
For thc benefit of our readers we
arc offering a new column in this paper, opened in the general interest of
thc physical health of our bodies.
Thc Lord wants us to have good
health and prosper in it. III. John,
verse 2, This column will be given
to short articles on thc matter of
body, food and true health, also the
answering of health questions.
Dr. Nunez, who is giving much
time in instructing, lecturing and
teaching our tfeojjic regarding the
six great princivlcs of the science of
tWl&KW^M '.«M fa '«)»» gwfag ripe
rial lectures to n|^Jkiijiviiij»tfY, tfi
separate sessions, ^^^^unsented to
head this department in the paper,
and hopes to be a great assistance
to our people.
Health of thc body column will
strengthen thc faith of men and women, impart true knowledge and thus
improve the general health of our
people, for faith without works is
dead.
We arc urging our readers to make
use of this opportunity and send any
questions regarding your health to
thc editor, Mrs. E. V. Sparks, 820
N.  Montgomery St., Memphis, Tenn.
Please send questions not later than
thc fifth of each month in order that
the questions may he sent to Dr.
Nunez and returned, answered, lo the
editor by the fifteenth of .each month.
Your answers will appear in thc columns of this paper.
SAN FRANCISCO,
CALIF,
Holy greetings in Jesus' Blessed
Name.
Thc praises of God still ring out of
our souls for a saved, sanctified and
Holy Ghost filled life. Wc are in thc
service of thc great King under the
leadership of our dear shepherd, Eld.
Van Goodlaw and  wife.
Wc praise God for Godly men and
women  leaders.
We thank and praise God for the
progress of every auxiliary in the
church. Thc interest for the New
Year  seems  stirred  as never before.
We were blessed to have Elder Isaac
Finley of Sacramento with us. Elder
Finley is an able and spiritual, sin-
fighting minister. Mother Jordan of
Oakland spent one week with us and
really stirred the hearts and minds
of saints and sinners. Several were
healed to the glory of God. We were
sorry to see Elder Finley and Mother
Jordan leave and hope they will some
day come again. Elder James Jackson and wife of Pasadena also visited us and put the devil to flight
through their messages. We thank
God for such fire brands for Jesus.
Wc pray God will send them back to
us for such help is a blessing to any
community.
We are now entering into a series
of meetings conducted by Elder E. R.
Driver of Los Angeles who comes
with an ax in one hand and a hammer in the other to slay sin and unrighteousness. We are expecting
souls to be saved and filled wtih the
Holy Ghost and -fire and the devil to
be made mad and hearts made glad
and new witnesses added to the body.
Pray for our success and for the
leaders of each department that
sweeping victory be ours in Jesus-
dear name.
ELDER VAN GOODLAW,
Pastor.
SISTER  B.  PORTER,
p.j.-portsr.