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Originally Posted by Wolfman
"I'd rather see a sermon than to hear one any day..."
(Die Hard Ques walk the walk and talk the talk about Uplift)
The next story I'm going to take it back to the source, Founder Edgar Amos Love, Bishop of the United Methodist Church. It is inspired by the an after- chapter-meeting conversion by an elder brother who has now gone to be with the LORD. He recounted to us his memories in Omega, specifically how when Bishop Love came to the Los Angeles area to receive an Omega award, he hosted him at his house. He told us how impressed he was as a human being, a gracious, kind man.
The story itself is taken from an interview that was done of Bp. Love in '73 by Bro. Earl Hyman. In it he talks about the genesis and development of the Fraternity;the other part dealt with his life and ministry. I will relate a story he told from the latter.
After he rose to become the Principal of the Academy of Morgan College (the high school associated with Morgan State in Baltimore), then Rev. Love decided he wanted to pastor. He was called to a Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington,PA, outside of Pittsburgh. He related that one afternoon while he was sitting on his porch working on notes for his Sunday sermon, someone came onto the porch. He thought it was his wife but it turned out to be one of the small boys in the neighborhood called "C." He heartily greeted "C" and asked him what he wanted. "C" exclaimed, 'I want to play some horseshoes.' Founder Love put down his sermon notes and he and "C" played a game of horseshoes. He said they had the best time. Later that year, Founder Love explains, when the church had its revival services, "C" accepted Christ and joined the church.At this point in the taped interview, Bp. Love became very emotional, telling the interviewer that's what it's all about--evangelism and being a Christian, that is.
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Bro. Wolfman, I believe that Brother's name is Mark Hyman, who later became a professor at Widener Univ in suburban Phila. Bro Hyman later became a Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ whom I had the pleasure of hearing as a guest speaker at my church. He followed in Bro Carter G. Woodsons steps and was a historian who mainly taught and preached about Blacks in antiquity and the Bible. Unfortunately, at that time, I had no idea that he was an Omega or that he had such interaction with a Founder or I would have never let him leave the church. This was the late 80's . Bro. Hyman has since gone to glory but I have a copy of his interview with the Bishop and I also recall his sermon.
Doggy, a Die Hard Omega.
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