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EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA T s MINORITY VOICE SINCE 1981
NAACP leader says group
faces critical days
Publisher Ts Note:
Stan Alleyne is a graduate of
North Pitt High School and the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill and the son of Sam
Alleyne, an ~M T Voicé Newspaper
Employee.
By Stan Alleyne
The executive director of the
NAACP urged North Carolina
members to continue to fight for
freedom and justice regardless of
what struggles they might have to
overcome
Earl T. Shinhoster, the national
leader of the NAACP, was the key-
note speaker Friday at the 52nd
annualN.C. State Convention. The
three-day event which was hosted
by the Goldsboro-Wayne branch
ended Saturday night.
oIt Ts hard not to want to give up
on American you all. But don't
give up on America. And Lord
please don Tt give up on yourself.
We want you to be one ina million.
We want you to be freedom fight-
ers "strugglers in the cause of free-
dom, ? said Shinhoster.
oThank you North Carolina
NAACP for keeping the fight for
freedom alive. When others had
counted us out. When others just
simply said wait and see. When
others were preparing our obitu-
ary and lining up to read it. You
stepped up. And today, in spite of
it all, in spite of the shortages and
shortcomings, the NAACP is in
fact moving forward. ?
Shinhoster told an audience of
more than 300 members that the
next 60 days will be critical ones
for the future of the NAACP.
oAll is not well in our beloved
organization, ? said Shinhoster.
oIt Ts going to take people who
believe. People who truly, genu-
inely believe in an unselfish man-
ner in the cause of this great orga-
nization to really save us all. ?
He added, oIf people who believe
in the cause of the NAACP would
just send a dollar. If athletes and
entertainers who make millions
would share a small portion of
their earnings, the problems would
be solved. You ask for a dollar and
you don Tt get it. You ask for a $15
membership and you don Tt get it.
What does it take? It takes people
who are committed. ?
Shinhoster said the NAACP is
emerging out of the worst crisis in
its 86-year history. He was refer-
ring to the financial problems that
the organization has faced in the
last couple of years and the lack of
confidence in the leadership.
He said recovery is at hand, but
money still is needed. Member-
ship is the key. About 80 percent of
the NAACP Ts operational fees are
paid for by membership fees.
He encouraged middle class
blacks to start supporting the or-
ganization again. He urged them
to give something back. Moments
later, he scolded black Americans
who have succeeded financially,
but have failed tojoin the causes of
the NAACP. oThe opportunities
they have now came because some-
body labored long and hard and
sacrificed to keep t doors of oppor-
tunity open.
They didn Tt do it for so some
(Continued on page 2)
oONE INA MILLION ? Prophet James Long, (facing forward) ) our brother representing
ue ~Joy Crew ? at Radio Station WTOW, is shown enjoying the fellowship that was shared by
all at the Million Man March in Washington, DC.
Two views of Black America
Authors Tony Brown and Dinesh
D TSouza looked at the same Black
Americaand came away with dras-
tically different conclusions. A de-
bate between these two scholars is
moderated by American Enterprise
magazine's Scott Walter on Tony
Brown Ts Journal, which will be
aired nationwide on PBS Novem-
ber 3 through 9.
Please check local television list-
ings and/or the PBS-TV station for
exact date and time m your area.
D TSouza Ts book, The End of Rac-
ism, maintains that slavery was
not racist; that segregation was
designed to protect Blacks because
THE oBOYS IN THE HOOD ? was in the house...
departed for the oMillion Man March ? recently.
of Ttheir arrested development ?;
that the civil rights movement was
not atriumph ofjustice; that many
White people are racists for good
reason; and that all civil rights
laws should be repealed.
He believes that Black culture is
responsible for the perpetual
charges of Black inferiority by
Whites and, therefore, orational
discrimination ? is legitimatized by
Black cultural failure. Time maga-
zine writer Jack E. White in a
column on D TSouza entitled oThe
Bigot Ts Handbook o wrote that his
book amounts to so much osmall-
minded zealotry ? and raw racism
'f
i
that even oright-wingers ? are out-
raged.
Brown, PBS commentator and
author of a new book, Black Lies,
White Lies: The Truth According
To Tony Brown, refutes D TSouza Ts
claim that Black failure rests on
its cultural foundation. oI found
no dysfunctional Black culture
and certainly no pathological
Black people. I did find a strug-
gling people who nad been be-
trayed by their White liberal and
Black elitist leadership, and mis-
led into avoiding the education
and economic organization that is
(Continued on page 4)
_ WEEK oF ocr OBER 27 - NOVEMBER 3, 1995
THIS BANNER FOR THE MILLION MAN MARCH vas proudly displayed by the Hertfort
County Entourage. Way to go, gang!
NAACP holds ~funeral to
bury voter apathy T
By Stan Alleyne
More than 250 people represent-
ing NAACP branches across the
state marched in the streets of
downtown Goldsboro Thursday in
ademonstration oto bury voter apa-
thy. ?
The 52nd annual convention of
the North Carolina NAACP is be-
ing held in Goldsboro through Sat-
urday.
~-«A-paock funeral procession led
}
by children from Wayne County
and LaGrange and state NAACP
officials gathered outside of Mount
Zion Disciples Church on Whitfield
Drive shortly after 4 p.m. They
walked about a mile on Whitfield
Drive and Pine and Spruce streets
en route to the Goldsboro Pedes-
trian Plaza beside the police de-
partment complex. The crowd fol-
lowed a ogrieving ? family who rode
in a black hearse borrowed from
Hamilton Funeral Home.
The Rev. Jamal Bryant of the
Duke University School of Divin-
ity presented the eulogy. Bryant
told the crowd that the mock fu-
neral should be viewed as a home-
coming celebration rather a time
of mourning.
oI Tm glad he Ts (voter apathy) dead
because he Ts been messing with us
for a long time. I Tm glad he Ts dead
because he Ts been on acrime spree
for almost 30 years, ? Bryant said.
oEvery time it looked as though
we had voter apathy cornered he
would sprout out somewhere else.
Before we knew it, it was like the
plague. ?
Bryant said voter apathy has
infested black communities since
1968. In the late 1960s and early
1970s, black people started becom-
ing complacent about their living
situations, he said; people felt like
the struggle for justice was over.
oWe believed deep down in our
hearts that we had overcome, ? he
said.
Bryant said voter apathy has
not only become a burglar to black
communities; It also has become a
murderer.
oHe is a.murderer because he
has killed the dreams of our young
African American children and
made them feel like the only thing
that they doin Fayetteville, andin
Durham and Greensboro and in
Goldsboro is pick up garbage and
shoot basketball and rap and make
babies, ? he said.
oHe has been a murderer who
has killed off our vision. I Tm glad
he Ts dead because he Ts a racist.
He Ts erased us of our self-esteem
and made us feel like we are less
than who we are. ?
The Rev. Kenneth Matthews,
president of the Goldsboro-Wayne
branch of the NAACP, presided
over the oNew Orleans style fu-
neral. ?
Matthews called voter apathy a
olow-down rascal ? that has defied
the black community for many
years.
oWe got him today. I was telling
his widow today, ~I Tm proud to say
today that we're going to bury voter
apathy T, ? said Matthews.
oThis is a closed casket funeral.
We're going to drop him so low
that he will never rise again. No
longer will you be able to make
excuses about not voting. ?
In conclusion, Matthews said,
oEveryone who chooses not to vote
should join voter apathy in the
casket and they can be buried too. ?
The Power of the Black vote
Hundreds Flock to
Registration Booths to
~Make A Difference T
By Alvin Peabody
When the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson
ran for President in 1988, he
brought nearly seven million new
registered voters to the polls. Yet,
as the 1996 U.S. presidential elec-
tion nears, Jackson and other
Black political leaders are saying
that there are still millions more
Blacks who are registered to vote.
oIf we want to make a difference
in our own lives, I think we ought
to register and vote, ? said Rev.
Walter E. Fauntroy, aformer U.S.
Congressman who pastors the
District Ts New Bethel Baptist
Church.
And organizers of the Million
Man March are stressing that voter
participation was one of the many
goals to be achieved by the Black
community. During Monday Ts
events, organizers placed 18 regis-
tration booths along the Mall and
repeatedly asked march partici-
pants to sign up.
oThe message we heard today
can be taken T to the voting booth, ?
said U.S. Rep. Donald Payne,
chairman of the Congressional
Black Caucus. oI think that Ts where
we can truly make a whole lot of
difference in the lives of our
(Continued on page 5)
ATTORNEY MILTON oTOBY ? FITCH, (C), is joined by Pitt County commissioner Jeff
depart for the oMillion Man March T.
.our home team was all smiles as they Savage (L), Attorney Robert White (2nd from R) and others at Washington Central station to
Staff photo: Brother Jim Rouse
through and give nothing back, ?
he said.
we always want something in re-
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nno-good rascal could walk
oWe don Tt give nothing back, but
to? Who are you going to
turn. Those who benefited from
the work of the NAACP are needed
to join and to financially support
this organization. What Ts going to
happen when the NAACP is not
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_ Shinhoster briefly discussed the
oMillion Man March ? held two
weeks ago in Washington, D.C. He
called it a resounding success and
an overwhelming show of unity.
oThe Honorable Louis
Farrakhan made the call. But in-
he said.
Shinhoster blasted the
Republican Ts oContract With
America. ? He said the legislation
passed by the 104th Congress was
regressive. He urged members of
the NAACP to fight against the
conservatives T proposed welfare
reform package. oA lot of folks don't
understand the significance of this
welfare reform proposal, but the
older ones understand and the
younger ones will feel the conse-
quences, ? he said.
Shinhoster said black people can |
fight conservatives by showing up
at the polls next November. He
called next year Ts national elec-
tion as probably the most, critical
in many years. He noted that only
30 percent of blacks voted in last
year Ts election. About 8 million
blacks were not registered to vote.
oWe've got to get these 8 million
folks registered. We've got to get
them educated toward the issues
and we've got to.find a way to get
them to the polls, ? he said.
( from the desk of Mrs. Beatri
ce Maye )
BEATRICE MAYE
EMOTIONS
The most common emotions that
burrow into the subconscious and
impede our growth as individuals
ANGER.-1it only hurts you. Don't
get mad, get motivated.
REVENGE. first cousin to an-
ger. it robs you of strength4n the
long run. The person who has in-
jured you has probably gone on
with life; so should you.
SADNESS - feeling sad will not
change anything. Seek peace of
mind as your right.
RESENTMENT - Life is not al-
ways fair. Drop it and get back into
the battle.
GUILT - is another emotion that
stands between you and your
dreams.
To rid yourself of these past
emotions, reinterpret the past with
these methods:
Get better, not bitter.
Envision those hurtful emotions
as a sword held by an enemy.
Get rid of regret. If you owe
someone, pay him. If you are bur-
dened by something you did, ana-
lyze it. Was it something foolish
you did or did that hurt someone
you care about? If so, apologize.
Whatever the cost, it is worth it to
clear away burdensome emotions.
Let it goso you can grow. You have
the power to change.
FOUR STAGES OF
GREATNESS:
Self-knowledge and self-fulfill-
ment, self-approval, " self-
committment
Let inner peace replace inner
turmoil.
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exciting and meaningful to you,
locked into your mind, and then
acted upon. Whatever your dream
or goal is, it is going to take the
commitment, dedication, drive,
focus and faith.
Feel execellency, be dedicated to
achieving your dreams, pursue
your dream because you deserve
it, be unstoppable.
The search of failure is trying to
please everybody. Very few people
go through their lifetime without
scars. Be a better person because
of the scars.
Some don Tt do anything about
their health until they are told
they have endangered it.
The fruit does not fall far from
the tree. We need to check on our
behavior against what we expect
of the young people in our lives.
We must deal with circum-
stances just as we find them. We
talk the talk without walking the
walk.
In dealing with youngfolk or with
anyone whom we have authority-
Check Yourself. Do you live what
you preach or are the young people
around you getting conflicting
messages? Are you saying, oDo as
I say, not as I do? ? Do you drink
and drive? Do you lie to your chil-
dren? Do you cheat on your taxes ?
Do you call in sick when you are
not ? Do you hang out with nega- .
tive people?
Get Involved in Their lives. Can
you name your children ~s friends?
What is your child studying in
school right now? When is the last
time you did something your child
wanted to do?
Celebrate their greatness and
their uniqueness. All young people
have something special just as the
adults do. Respect their gifts and
they will come to respect them-
selves,
The lower your self-esteem, the
more you are prone or driven to
please other people without tak-
ing into account your own needs,
feelings and reputation. Ifyou can-
not change the problem, change
the way you view it. Good things
happen to positive people. Let what
is past pass.
Harriet Beecher Stowe said,
oWhen you get into a tfght place
and everything goes against you
until it seems that you cannot hold
for a minute longer, never give up
then, for that is just the place and
time for the tide to turn ?. oLord,
help meto hold on until my change
comes. ? The challenge is to hold on
in bad times,
As long as you are here, find
ways to make yourself happy. Good
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me. No matter how bad it is or how
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Exercise Your Attitude. Are you
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story ready on how life has done
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out those who empower you, who
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people who enable you to see great
possibilities for yourself. You re-
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out quality people. Don Tt run with
the wrong crowd. They can run
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We grow through our dreams.
All great men and women are
dreamers. Don Tt let your dreams
die. Nurse and protect them
through bad times and tough times
to the sunshine and light which
always come. Robert Schuller,
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do fail to plan.
When people don Tt see in.stant
results, many become discouraged
with their dreams and goals. They
become impatient. You must have
patience. Your time is going to
come if you work diligently and
meticulously. Persist until you
succeed.
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leadership as racism Ts co-conspira-
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necessary to their empowerment
and equality. ? Brown Ts book cites
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HAVE A VOICE
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Re-Elect Dorothy J. Josey
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In Black Lies, White Lies, he
explains that the real culprit in
our diminished race relations is
an overall decline of American life
and that structural problems such
as the failure of public schools and
technological displacement of
workers has set in motion a osocio-
economic metastasis ? in which the
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the poor Black community, shows
symptoms of this encroaching so-
cietal dislocation first.
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- increase among women who are
having babies out of wedlock is
among White women and that ur-
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lation is 96.6% White. oIf you want
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suburbs is going to be in the year
2010, go to Harlem or the South
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American City & County maga-
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which reports on local govern-
ment, issued a press release ( a
reproduction of which is at-
tached) citing Vinroot Ts achieve-
ments in making Charlotte a
model city and his leadership
MONICA SHIRELLE LONG
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On Sunday, October 1, Monica
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Greenville, was crowned Miss
Bovanti/Black EXPO USA of Char-
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The Bovanti National Model
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and held in conjunction with the
Black EXPO USA in Charlotte.
The competition was held at the
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NC. The Model Search is a promo-
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During the competition Monica
was awarded Miss Positive and
she received recognition for the
best evening gown.
As the new Miss Bovanti/Black
EXPO USA of Charlotte, Monica
secured the following prizes; A fea-
ture page in an upcoming issue of
Bovanti Magazine, $2,500 in cash
and prizes, a one year professional
modeling contract with Bovanti
Elite Modeling Agency of Atlanta
Georgia, Caribbean Getaway and
filming of swimsuit video, profes-
sional photo session, promotional
appearances, one year supply of
Bovanti Cosmetics, Spokesmodel
for Bovanti Magazine, Miss
Bovanti and Miss Positive tro-
phies, luggage set, Revlon spon-
sored gift packs.
Monica is a 1991 graduate of
North Carolina State University
with a major in Sociology and a
Minor in Education. She is a certi-
fied high school teacher and taught
Social Studies in Wake forest,
North Carolina for two years. The
twenty-six year old North Caro-
lina Realtor is presently employed
by the North Carolina Department
of Transportation as a Relocation
Agent. She has resided in Char-
lotte for two years.
Monica Shirelle Long is the wife
of Kevin Yon Houston and the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
M. Long of Greenville.
Motto to our youth o...Be self
reliant... be self dependent...set
goals and work to achieve
them...believe in yourself and be-
lieve in the distinct, unique and
exotic beauty that you posses as
an African-American. ?
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Black Vote
people. ?
A review of several of the voting
sites showed scores of Black men
and women lining up to register to
vote. oChild, after seeing this gath-
ering today, I Tm really inspired to
begin making a difference, ? said
Cassandra Loga, a 38-year-old
mother of three who said she has
never voted before.
oWe keep complaining all the
time about government not caring
for us, but I do believe that voting
can force the hand of government, ?
added Tyrone Bush, who alsolined
up to register to vote. oI Tve been
one of those who've never voted
before. But man, this time is going
to be different. ?
As Blacks continue to face ob-
stacles on Capitol Hill with a Re-
publican-led Congress, Jackson,
who is threatening another try for
the White House, blasted the fed-
eral government for ochastising
our women, chasing our daddies
and locking up our children. But
we can change that if we go back
home and register to vote. ?
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ability as the main reasons for
the award.
Vinroot was commended for
his forging of public-private part-
nerships, the creation of 14,000
newjobs, the privatization of gov-
ernment operations (saving tax-
payer money), fighting crime and
solving transportation problems.
oI am pleased to win this
honor, ? said Vinroot, oI believe it
highlights some of the successes
of my administration and out-
lines my qualifications tobe Gov-
ernor of North Carolina. ?
Vinroot continued, oI want to
do for North Carolina as Gover-
nor what I have done for Char-
lotte as Mayor-make it an even
better place to live. ?
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Why the
Black Man
marched on
Washington
There has been much debate and
dialogue within the white media
since the Million Man March as to
its true meaning. A paramount
fixation of the politicians and pun-
dits is who and what really orga-
nized the march. Reverend Jesse
Jackson insisted it was Newt
Gingrich and Clarence Thomas.
The Jewish establishment said it
was demagoguery. Bill Clinton
said it was indifference to racism.
And Minister Louis Farrakhan,
whose resonating call for atone-
ment and rejuvenation struck a
deep chord in Black America, said
it was the Almighty.
Here Ts still another candidate:
the complete failure of white-led
American liberalism and its politi-
cal instrument, the Democratic
Party, to deliver on its promise to
solve the race problem in America.
Minister Farrakhan quite point-
edly and properly reminded us of
the findings of the Kerner Com-
mission 30 years ago "that there
were two separate and unequal
societies, one Black and one white,
one destitute and one with oppor-
tunity. In response, the country Ts
leading political, cultural, and so-
cial institutions undertook to close
that gap and to conduct a massive
War on Poverty, enacting and en-
forcing legislation to close the ra-
cial divide and create a Great So-
ciety.
The primary vehicle for accom-
plishing this was, of course, the
Democratic Party. Skillfully meld-
ing the ideological and the practi-
cal (the shrewdest of Democrats
believed that an expanded and
energized Black electorate could
propel the party to greater politi-
cal victories and control of the bur-
geoning welfare state), the Demo-
crats went to owar. ? But unlike
other wars Americans had fought,
where total victory was the only
option, the War on Poverty was
short-lived. While millions and mil-
lions of dollars poured into an anti-
poverty infrastructure that sprang
up almost overnight, and innova-
tive education approaches like
Head Start were installed in every
Black community, the War on Pov-
erty programs quickly became pa-
tronage mills and political bases
for a new generation of mostly
Democratic politicians. Eradicat-
ing poverty was no longer a moral
and social crusade for the liberal
establishment. It became a became
a highly politicized "and highly
profitable " game.
In 1968, with the war in Viet-
nam claiming greater and greater
commitment and national re-
sources than the War on Poverty,
and with the Democratic Party
rocked by internal battles over
Black participation (As early as
1964 Fannie Lou Hamer led the
Mississippi Freedom Democratic
Party delegates to the national
convention that year and faced
down a thoroughly racist and un-
compromising national party lead-
ership), white America struck
back. White Democrats (known as
Dixiecrats) deserted in droves to
vote for Alabama Governor George
Wallace who ran an overtly anti-
Black campaign as an indepen-
dent presidential candidate and
polled 10 million votes. That de-
sertion sufficiently undercut the
Democratic presidential bid of lib-
eral Hubert Humphrey, and Re-
publican Richard Nixon was
elected President of the United
States.
The liberal Democrats were
stung. Racism was alive and well
and kicking back against any no-
tion that the country might heal
the great divide. Ever more con-
cerned with their own
selfperpetuation than with doing
what must be done to carry forth
the political and economic wars
against white supremacy, the
Democrats not only buried Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr., but his
dream as a driving force for pro-
gressive social change in America
as well. The subtext of the mes-
sage of Minister L ouis Farrakhan
and the million Black men who
came to hear him and stand beside
him was that Dr. King Ts legacy
does not count in the United States
of America of the 1990s. Itis tragic.
It is painful. But it is true. And
those who championed the cause
of Dr. King "the liberals who
promised Black America that its
time would come, turned out to
have neither the moral resolve nor
the political will to carry it through.
Is Black America bitter, angry and
isolated as a result? Indeed we
are. And Minister Farrakhan is
the righteous messenger of that
anger. I am not a Muslim nor a
religious person. I am, however, as
a deeply spiritual person, moved
by the Minister as a messenger of
history. And while the white me-
dia, political experts and detrac-
tors "Black and white "may con-
tinue to denigrate his message as
one of hate, they are wrong. His
message is not one of hate, but of
brutally honest acceptance. More
than any other major Black leader
in the country today, he has ac-
rite that the white liberal es-
tablishment "supposedly the
Black community Ts greatest
coalitional ally "is bankrupt. It
sacrificed us at the altar of politi-
cal expediency. And there is no
way forward for themor with them.
ay
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Tomorrow is not ours "
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he ed found,callonhimwhile saved. Corinthians 6:2 vation. of Jesus? Is there cayetotedd to
hei Hewantsyoutodonothingabout § For he says, In the time of my Today is ours, yesterday has § Andifnot pleasedonotsaywell saved, :
The devil has never asked any your eternal welfare, He knowsd favor been dissolved andtomorrow may ['lldoitnext Sunday orsome other + fae come to the Alter.
person to sign a contract to go to there are Ten Thousand ways by I heard you, and in the day of near be ours. time,
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Promisehimnevertobeconverted the next twenty-four hours! I tell you, now is the time of eternal question,
and become a child of God. His program for you is to get you :
All Satan asks of any person is _ to put off until tomorrow what you
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Inotherwordshejustwantsyou moment, if you are not saved. RE - 2 LECT RA NM EY
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OUR FAREWELL TRIBUTE TO
REV. ALONZO L. MILLS
Social Activist " Civil Rights Worker - Champion Of The Indigent
A Devoted Supporter Of All Just Causes
Living In His House " By The Side Of The Road " Rev. Mills
Truly Was A "Friend To Man ?
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