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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1948
Page
2
An ancient prophecy echoes in modern times as readers reflect on Israelite exile and today’s world. The piece warns that nations seek power, ignore lessons of recent wars, and treat others as strangers while urging genuine repentance beyond ritual. It cites Zechariah and warns ceremonies without change have no meaning.
A devotional piece reflecting on Zechariah 7 9 urging kindness and justice. It recalls Zechariah grandson of Ido returning from Babylon with Zerubbabel and Joshua, warning against oppression and urging mercy toward the widow the stranger and the poor. The piece imagines a future Jerusalem with children in the streets and calls readers to personal action.
Sunday morning designated Old Folks Day at the Gospel Tabernacle Sunday school. Those 60 years or older will be honored. Call 55290 from 9 to 9 30 a.m. Sunday for transportation or assistance. cars will be available to render service.
Guam April 23 A large search by fifty planes spanned 54 000 square miles north of Guam for a Superfortress missing since Tuesday after departing for a practice bomb run near Farallon de Medinella Island 350 miles north The eleven air force crew aboard include Lt Richard G Smith of Charlotte North Carolina Saccharin was first prepared in 1879.
Rev Rolf Barnard a native of Alabama and alumnus of Hardin Simmons University and Southwestern Theological Seminary will preach at a revival series starting Sunday night at Fairmont Park Baptist Church. Music will be directed by Milton and Mrs. Frazier of Winston Salem. Barnard has pastored in Texas and New Mexico and has spent the last 12 years in evangelism.
Calvary Methodist hosts Sunday school at 10 a m with a special Young Adult Class program. Morning worship at 11 features a sermon by Rev B Newton. Youth Fellowship at 6 15 p m and evening worship at 7 30. Prayer hour Wednesday at 7 30.
North Main at State church led by Pastor D D Broome. Church school 9 46 am with Dave Montgomery superintendent. Morning worship at 11 with sermon. Young people meet at 6. Evening worship at 7.
Wesley Memorial Methodist on North Malin Street hosts 9 45 morning worship led by Rev E M Avett on Hospitality. Evening vesper 5 30 meditations by Crowder Moser Hester with Judith Rockwell leading. Associate board Monday 6 30. Emory at Oxford Glee Club 7 30. Choir rehearses usual hours.
Rev T Strickland pastor leads Sunday school at 9 45 with W B Deik superintendent Morning worship follows at 11 30 Sunday school and MYF at 6 45 Evening worship and sermon by the pastor at 7 Mid week prayer service Wednesday at 8 pm all at Five Points Montheu Avenue church.
Barker and Adams street church with Rev. Juan F Cagie pastor holds morning worship at 9:45 and 11, sermon by the pastor. MYF at 6:15 with supper. Evening worship at 7:40, mid week prayer meeting Wednesday at 7:30 p m.
Mangum and Lake street under Rev JH Bolick with 8:45 church school and 11 morning worship sermon Religion and Emotion. Come True. Evening service at 7:30 followed by film King of Kings.
Rev. P. T. Dixon, pastor, leads the church school at 9 am with superintendent at R and Bundy. Morning worship and sermon follow at 11 on The Good Samaritan in the Twentieth Century.
Rev Carl A. Grimm leads Sunday school at 9 45 for all ages. Worship follows at 11 with a pastor sermon. Youth Fellowship meets at 6 30 and the evening service is at 7 30.
S R Clinard Superintendent announces church services. Morning worship at 11 with a sermon by the pastor. Sunday school begins 9 45. Evening service at 7. Prayer service Wednesday at 7 30. Men’s Bible Class 9 45.
North Main Methodist notes Sunday worship at 11 with a sermon by Pastor Weldon on Face to Face. Evening service at 8 features music by Mr and Mrs Ray E Lane of Hebrew Evangelization Society. Youth fellowship supper 6:30 and program. Midweek chapel broadcast Wednesday 8:30 with Harry Jordan.
Letzerster Sunday school 9 45 Geo B Elder general supt Morning worship 11 sermon pastor on We Would See Jesus Youth Fellowship 6 45 Evening worship 7 30 Sermon by pastor on Opportunity Prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30
Fairfield road beyond Allen Jay school. Ray Frank Whitt pastor Marvin Cashatt Sunday school superintendent. Sunday school 10 a.m. morning worship 11 a.m. sermon by pastor. MYF 6:30 p.m. Evening worship 7:30 p.m.
Rev D Virgi ike pastor at Oak Hill Priends on West Burton Street. Sunday school led by Carl Shepard with 43 attendees. Worship services held on Sundays.
South Main at Commerce hosts morning worship at 11 led by Rev Haworth with the sermon The Understanding Heart. Evening worship follows at 6 30 led by the young people with junior fellowship at 6 30 and pastorial committee at 7 30. Monthly business meeting at 6 30 includes a talk by Dr Howard Carroll.
Emanuel Lutheran on North Main at Howell conducted by Rev. L. Conrad D D pastor with 11 oclock service and a sermon titled Biting Horses or Abiding Forces. Evening worship at 7 30 features a sermon by the pastor titled Arise and Talk.
Luthera s08 church on Centennial Avenue lists Sunday school at 0 45 and a mourning service at 1 o clock. Walther League meets Monday at 30 pm.
The First Church of the Nazarenes at 1219 East Green Street lists Sunday school at 10 a.m. morning worship at 11 a.m. with a sermon by Pastor C. C. Brown. Evening worship follows at 7 30 p.m. Revival series ends with a Wednesday prayer service at 7 30 p.m.
Schedule for Sethel Temple with Rev F Myers includes Sunday school 9 45 morning worship 1 young people 6 30 evening worship 7 30 Wednesday prayer 7 30 cottage prayer Thursday 7 30 and Friday prayer and praise service 7 30.
Reverend Adis Hampton leads services at the Baptist mission with Sunday school at 1 30 p m and worship at 2 30 and 7 30 p m Officials extend a cordial invitation to the public.
Rev N L Oliver pastor leads Sunday school 9 45 with Ii J Link superintendent Morning services and a message at 11 Evening worship at 7 with sermon by the pastor.
Prospect street address. Formerly Union Tabernacle with Rev. Clay Childress as pastor. Sunday school at 9 45 led by Clyde Dry as superintendent. Morning worship at 11 and evening worship at 7 30.
North Main church led by Rev Pau Vador Jones invites worship at 11 with sermon Your Ruling Passion. Sunday school at 2 45 led by P H Walton Sr superintendent. Fellowship groups at 5 followed by supper at 6.
Rev. J. Paul Hill leads church services with 9:48 a.m. Sunday school, 11 a.m. worship and a 7:30 p.m. sermon. WPYS meets at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday features prayer service at 7:30 p.m.
South Main street Rev. L. M Jones leads church school at 9 45. Morning worship at 11 with sermon The Choice of Values. Intermediates meet at 6 30. Youth Fellowship at 5 45. Evening worship at 7 30 with sermon by Rev. Yosip Benymirr. Mid week worship Wednesday at 7 30.
Pentecostal church on Highland Avenue led by Rev. F A Dall with Sunday school at 9 45 am led by Mitchel Davis superintendent. Morning worship and 7 30 pm service. Youth meeting at 6 15 pm midweek prayer meeting and Bible study Wednesday evening 7 80.
The Christian Science Society at 819 North Main Street holds Sunday services at 11 AM and Sunday school at 9:45 AM for children under 20. Reach room opens Wednesdays from 10 AM to 11 PM.
Church of God on East Commerce Street lists Revived Jump as pastor with Sunday school at 9:44, morning worship at 11, and evening worship at 7:30.
Near J. P. Rawtey farm Sunday school at 9 45 morning worship at 11 with sermon by pastor BTU meets 6 45 evening service 7 45
Rev W MecGuinrey pastor leads morning worship at 9 45 with sermon by pastor. Christian Endeavor at 6 30 p m. Evening worship at 7 30 with sermon. Mid week Bible study Wednesday at 7 30 p m. Ervin Griffin listed as independent morning worship assistant.
The Rout pastor leads regular worship at 11 and 7 30 with church school at 9 45 led by John Lain. Morning service features a sermon on The Peril of Procrastination. Revival prayer at 7 and evangelistic services by Rev Harold Cowan at 7 30 each evening.
The Pisgah Baptist Church on Worth and Wingate streets led by Pastor C M Loyd holds Sunday school at 9 45 with Lanier as superintendent. Morning worship at 11 BTU at 6 30 Evening worship at 7 30 Mid week prayer service is Wednesday at 7.
Fev. C M Floyd, pastor, conducts Sunday school at 9 45 and services at 2 p m Carl W Staley is superintendent in charge of the program at 910 Randolph Street.
Rev A J Swinson leads services with Sunday school at 0 43 a m hosted by Robert Ridge superintendent Morning worship at 11 am Evening worship at 7 30 pm Mid week Prayer service on Wednesday.
The listing notes Sunday school at 9 45 led by Melvin Potts superintendent Morning worship at 1 00 with a pastor sermon WYPS at 6 16 led by John Kimball president Evening worship at 7 30 with a pastor sermon Midweek prayer services on Wednesday at 7 30
Dr A B Conrad serves as interim pastor with Sunday School at 9 45 a m including nursery. E C Cridiebaugh acts as superintendent. Dr A B Conrad will lead morning worship at 11 with Carl Cronstedt directing the choir. Emile Serposs to attend the evening service at 7 with Conrad in charge.
Rev Charles Mee Gride pastor leads Sunday school at 0 45 and morning worship at 11 Jean Gaffney superintendent BTU at 3 30 and evening worship at 7 30 with sermon by the pastor Mid week prayer service Wednesday at 7 30.
W C club pastor leads Sunday school at 9 46 with Coffey as superintendent. Morning worship at 11 features a sermon by the pastor. STU evangelistic service follows at 6 30 and an evening service at 7 30.
Green Street Baptist church at Green Street and Mangum Avenue announces Sunday School at 9 a.m. under Walter E. Crissman. Morning worship at 11 led by Rev. Julian Hopkins. Training Union at 6:30 p.m. directed by R. L. Phillips. Evening service at 7:45 p.m. The Back Home Hour airs 9:30 to 10 p.m. on WMFR FM. Choirs directed by Ward O Strander and organist Robert Hopkins at the organ.
Rivett D Orive extension Rev A tsurgess pastor Sunday school at 9 45 a m Herman Billings superintendent Morning worship at 11 a m with sermon Pastor Young leads the service Youth at 6 30 p m and evening worship at 7 30 p m
Ward Street Methodist Church led by C M McKinney with church school 945. E K Hedrick serves as superintendent. Morning worship at 11 with youth fellowship at 6 15 in the evening.
Rev W H Barker pastor. Sunday school 9 45 A M with A L Bean superintendent. Morning worship 11. BTU 6 30 with Daisey Shaw leader. Evening worship 7 30. Prayer service Wednesday 7 30 P M.
Reverend Woodrow W Robbins pastor delivers Sunday school at 9 45 a m with H B Chat ham as superintendent and the service titled Love Which Makes Mar ki ng.
BtU at 6 45 with Mrs L W Glenn directing Evening worship at 7 80 Sermon by Rev Henry W Uffelin of West Indies General Mission Jamaica Bible study Wednesday 7 00 Sermon by Mr Uffelin at 7 30
Urgentwood Presbyterian Church lists gospel service with sermon by Rev J P and McNatt pastor. Sunday school at 9 45 morning worship at 11 oclock.
Crestwood Presbyterian Church advertises a Sunday school at 9 45 with H C Simmons as Superintendent and an evening service at 7 96 featuring a sermon by Howard Penecoast.
The Randolph Presbyterian Church lists Sunday school at 9 30 with J D Ross as superintendent. Evening worship at 7 30 features a sermon by Rev Paul Tudor Jones.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints located at 209 East Commerce Street lists Sunday worship and Bible school at 10, evening worship at 7 80. J D Smith serves as branch president.
Spencer W. Johnson, pastor, announces Sunday services at 9 45 morning and 7 30 evening. C N. Jarrett serves as superintendent and the 11 oclock service will feature a sermon by the minister.
Jamestown church announces a church school at 10 a.m. with Rev. Sherman Farrington as superintendent and worship services at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. sermons will be delivered by the pastor. A mid week prayer service is set for Wednesday evening at 7.05.
Reverend William Smith presides over services at East Green Extension on New Street. Sunday school begins at 9 45 with regular morning worship at 11 and a evening service at 7 30. BTU at 6 30 and mid week prayer meeting at 7 30 Wednesday.
Clifton C. Pearson, minister, leads Sunday school at 10 a.m. Albion English is superintendent. Meeting for worship at 11 a.m. with a message by the minister. Friends Youth Fellowship at 6 30 p.m. Choir practice Wednesday evening at 6 o clock.
Sunday school at 9 45 led by superintendent A L Slate. Morning worship at 11 led by Ernett Grubb. Training Union at 7 p m with director Ernett Grubb. Evening worship at 730. Wednesday prayer meeting at 745.
Rev E M Pemen pastor leads church services with morning worship at 11 and evening worship at 7 30. Youth service at 6 45. Revival extends through April 23 with daily services at 7 30 each evening.
Rev. George Rich preaches at 11 morning service and 7:30 evening service. Church school at 9:45 BTU at 6:30. Young Peoples choirs present an Easter musical. Mid prayer meeting Wednesday at 1.
Corner Jones and Locke streets hosts J D Boyd pastor with Bible school at 10 in the morning led by Sam Snipes superintendent. Evening worship at 7 30 features sermon I Know Him.
The Church of the Living God pastors Rev. Charles HH Manuel and Rev. Coy Yates invite the public to Sunday services at 3 PM at the gospel tent opposite J. P Rawiey farm.
The revival at Hickory Chapel Wesleyan with Rev. W. E. Isenhour as pastor continues. Sunday school at 9:45 led by J. C. Putman, morning worship at 10:45, WYPS at 6:30, and evening service at 7:30.
Jamestown Wade R Bustie pastor Miss Mozelle Wagoner superintendent Sunday school at 10 preaching at 11 youth fellowship at 6 Sunday evening services at 7.
Jae Clark, pastor, leads worship at 11:00 Sunday service and a 7:30 p m evening fusionn evangelistic service. A mid week prayer and praise session is held Wednesday at 7:30 p m.
Rev L J Rainey pastors the church with Sunday school at 9 45. Morning worship and sermon by the pastor every second and fourth Sunday at 11. Evening worship every first and third Sunday at 7 30. Mid week prayer services Thursday at 7 30. J W Thomas serves as superintendent.
Sunday school at 9 45 led by Rev Ben Joe Earp with W R Jones as superintendent. Morning worship at 11 led by the pastor with the sermon titled Love's Impulse. Evening service details not provided.
Rev J Paul Hill of Hayworth Memorial Wesleyan Methodist Church announces revival services starting Sunday at 11 am with nightly 7 30 pm sessions through May 9 Guest evangelist Rev J M Hames from Greer S C is featured throughout the revival Special music directed by Mart Brothers of Fairmont Ind Youth services led daily by Rev Evert Mart at 6 30 pm Public invitation issued by pastor and congregation
The piece highlights the Joint Council on the Resettlement of Displaced Persons uniting Protestant Catholic Jewish and Eastern Orthodox groups to push emergency legislation for admitting European displaced persons and resettling them in U.S. communities. It also notes charitable efforts in Chicago to create camps for city youths, a call by President Truman for Family Weeks, and missionary activities in China Africa and Liberia including Brigadier General Tseng Bin and Dr. George W. Harley advancing religious and humanitarian work.
In the prewar decade churches spent between 25 million and 60 million dollars yearly on new buildings, diverging from expenditures over 150 dollars annually by the late 1920s.
Evening worship at 7 30 Wednesday service titled What Lack I Yet Families to pray at home Friday prayer service and choir practice at 7 30.
Regular services announced with Sunday school at 9 45 morning worship at 11 crusaders meet at 6 p m and evening service at 7 film showing The Missing Christians listed for the day.
The notice lists a Celebration of Holy Communion at 8 and morning church school at 9 45. Morning prayer and sermon by pastor at 11. YPSL meeting scheduled for 6.
Rev. J. L. Rainey, pastor, leads Sunday school at 9 45 with Thomas Causby. First and third Sundays feature 11 o clock services, while evenings at 7 30 on the second and fourth Sundays. Mid week prayer meets Wednesday at 7 30.
Pastor Louis F. Gough leads morning worship at 11 with a sermon. School session at 9 45 with Guy E. Kenney as superintendent. Youth See meets at 6 30. Evening evangelistic service at 7 30 and mid week prayer on Wednesday at 7 30 p m.
Christian and Missionary Alliance Willowbrook presents church school at 9 45 Ray Wagner superintendent ltor at 11 Young people at 6 45 evening worship and evangelistic sermon at 7 30 under pastor Rev Charles A Epperson.
Fairfield road near Allen Jay school hosts Sunday school at 10 a.m. led by superintendent Vance McNabb. Morning worship at 11 features Rev. E. W. Jones and a sermon by Rev. T. H. Wood of Tabor City. WYPS at 6:30 with Mabel Huff president. Evening service at 7:30 with another sermon by Mr. Wood. Services continue nightly at 7:30 throughout the week.
Rev. Howard Hartzell longtime rector of St Marys Episcopal Church delivers his final sermon at 11 oclock tomorrow marking end of a 14 year pastorate. He and Mrs Hartzell will move to Warrenton North Carolina where he becomes rector of Emmanuel Episcopal parish. The couple has been active in local religious and civic affairs. No successor announced.
In recent years Americans gave churches and welfare institutions little more than $1.50 out of every $100 of their expenditures, far less than they spent on tobacco or alcoholic beverages.
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