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VOL. 114—No. 8
Know The News With Nolen
TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1963
PRICE 15 CENTS
Rey. Ira D. Hinson | Bishop
Is a Candidate
For Bishop
Our esteemed Rev. Ira D. Hin-
son, pastor of Bethel A. M. E.
Church, Tallahassee, Florida, is a
Following in train of a number
of distinguished guests—the Rt.
Rey. G. N. Collins, D.D., presid-
ing Prelate of the 17th and 18th
G. N. Collins Is Guest of The
Memphis A. M. E. Ministerial Alliance
By REV. J. C. RICHARDSON, Reporter
Rey. Henry W. Murph, dynamic
minister of Grant A.M.E. Church,
Los Angeles, did a bit of globe
trotting during the past month.
He visited Dallas, Texas, and
-4 dynamic leader and
as i. calitertaten Episcopal Districts, was the es- from there went to Jackson, Miss.,
i , should qualify| t¢emed visitor of our first meet- where he was a part of the or-
— SSPE ing the month of May, of the ganization of demonstrators dur-
ee highest office|A: M-. E. Ministers’ Alliance of ing the recent civil rights dem-
me fr the ethos Memphis and vicinity of the strations there. He delivered the
} p i Chickacaw Bluee Commencement Address at
“ dist organiza- ¥ i
~~ x > 3 : N Campbell College and received
tion—the Bish-| Bishop G. N. Collins, primarily an Honorary Doctor of Divinit:
opric. It is no|a MEN’S DAY speaker, Sunday, degree ne — : ‘ ee
task for anyone| May 3, 1963; before at St. An- an ae in oe ue
to appraise the| drew A. M. E. Church, and Dr. fepiccrs Tere 5 ee ce
ae works of a man| Elmer M. Martin were “impelled” Sid District, tae fit i the —-
: 5 like Rev. Ira D.| to “Tarry” over for Monday Rev, David H. Sims is the presid-
‘ Niece Hinson. His in- morning session of our Alliance— ing bishop.
4 tegrity and firm] all to the delight of a large at-
: honesty have stimulated the|tendance. The president, Dr. E. Leaving the Mississippi scene,
membership of Bethel for the
Paul Beavers, and the secretary
Rey. Murph jetted to the New
York Annual Conference conven-
Rev. H. W. Murph Is Commencement
Speaker at Campbell College
REV. H. W. MURPH
past two years to the extent that|the writer had alerted the mem- BISHOP G. N. COREINS
every recommendation he has|bership and the response was ing at Bethel A. M. E. Church,
New York City OP Which the. Rt. | GTeene Rev. Murph received an
m made for the improvement of the| most commendable. most affable to all visitors, and eet F Honorary D.D. d from Kit
< church has been met with the] ‘phe good bishop addressed our especially to our leaders. We are oh ee ageaber is the pre-y sic — Pa ee
“ greatest enthusiasm and the full-| 4 )jiance: bringing us pungent in- a most vigorous group, alert to siding bishop, Bishop Raber bons ai ,
ball dubrort of. tid membership. 2e; L z Ais the Social, Civic, and Religious ored Rev. Murph by presenting; The popular candidate for the
: formation relative to his work in 4 him as the guest speaker at the| bishopric returned to Los Ange-
He put forth a great effort in|his African field. He also gave needs of our sree We were quick closing session of the Confere: les in ti i :
; , ; : ; to take cognizance of Birming- a rence | les 2m Hmie ro greet Bishop Fred-
reducing the indebtedness of| us needed information and en- heat <epinall fepakchines tele which was held at Hunter Col-| erick D. Jordan who was the guest
. * e—di: c ele- j
S Bethel’s parsonage mortgage. Ten | lightenment relative to our pres- crams «t-acotens rn oth “Peesis lege. speaker at Grant A. M. E. Church
on the first Sunday in June. Bish-
op Jordan was at his best as he
challenged the audience with a
soul-stirring message. The church
was filled to capacity to greet
Leaving New York, Rev. Murph
headed South again. This time to
Kittrell, North Carolina, where he
was the Commencement speaker
at Kittrell College, presided over
:j thousand dollars have been raised|ent denominational program and
since he was appointed pastor of| prosecution in Mission, much of
this church, about two years ago.| the substance of which is in pro-
This amount retired the total|cess of being unfolded in our
‘ corder, His words are
dent Kennedy and Governor
Wallace.
Dr. Elmer M. Martin, Chairs
the important Program Commit-
ee parsonage:
of this has been
sobering to say the least, =
a wide-awake program.
4eargely responsible for|by the Senior Bishop of the
both Bishop and Mrs. Jordan on
~< made possible through his un-|ever it seems that the Church i ir visi
: ; A. M. E. Church, Bishop S. L.| thei sit to Grant.
2 selfish attitude and hard work.|can ill-afford to give “deaf ears”| pp, ~ paul Beavers, President . REE Ss =
. He has furnished the type of|to the challenge he presents aa aa = =
‘ a of the Alliance, presides with Y \ E H E A | M I N A R
. eee iis thins unas Wir oy The A. M. E. Ministers’ Alli-| dignity and distinction. PA - OLOGIC SE 2A
oP le urcival. Y|ance of Memphis and vicinity is| Please visit us! To: The Board of Directors what will be a regular series of
cceniialinke aime! feel From: Dean Charles S. Spivey, Jr.| week-end Institutes for Church
: : s s * : Subject: A brief report on the| workers and lay leaders here.
Os xe peer ane ae Bill For Legislation at The 1964 General Seminary for 1962-63 This first effort was well-re-
Fe ot atria dentate} Conrerence of The A. M. E. Church The work of this Seminary has|Ceived and will provide, & col
a. greats bishop’ tn the Methodist enjoyed measurable success dur- tinuing opportunity for Payne to
church. The members of Bethel| (Introduced in the Bishops’ and ing this past year. For the first | S°tV® the churches of the area.
are pleading for all the forces of Connectional Councils, February, time in many years students have| During the year faculty mem-
Methodism to stand behind Rev. | 1962 at Washington, D. C.) been housed in a modern, com-|bers prepared and the Seminaty
: rice : , fortable well-furnished building.| distributed a series of Study
“<- one geet om etl + Ms fits eg The chapel, now complete, has | Guides and bibliographies. The
Pp meses, ops), General Officers, Officers, been an attractive center for wor-| Purpose of these has been to fur-
* ‘ ; Members of our Connectional ship. The continuing development| nish some help to men in the
The undersigned endorse Rev./Council, Council of Presiding of the library affords expanding| ministry who would continue to
; Ira D. Hinson for Bishop. Elders, Ministers, and Lay Mem- opportunities for study. New ad-| study if given some assistance.
a Joseph Franklin, M.S. Thom-|bers of the African Methodist ditions to the faculty strength-|¥rom 300 to 500 have been sent
‘ as, Stephen McDonald, E. J. Episcopal Church. Greetings: ened the academic program. En- out in each mailing. The re-
Norwood, Mrs. W. K. Perkins,
James L. Johnson, Daniel J.
Starks, M. C. McClendon,
Alex H. Walton, S. L. Beas-
ley.
Rev. John 8S. Williams, Will Be
Directing Choirs At Quadrennial
St. Louis
The Man and
In view of the fact, that a study
is being made of the security for
the retired ministers of the
A.M.E. Church, and knowing of
how some of our hard working
ministers are making such tre-
mendous sacrifices, and also
knowing the living conditions in
some of our A.M.E. parsonages,
the large families to be supported
rollment showed a slight increase.
The calibre and quality of class
work is improving. A large num-
ber of church and community
leaders have been guests of the
school.
Fight students are pastoring. At
least two others are working in
church programs. During the year
most of them had several oppor-
sponse indicates this effort is
worth doing.
For the first time a strong ef-
fort was made to focus attention
of the AME Church on recruit-
ment for the ministry. Special at-
tention focused this program in
churches in the third, fourth, and
thirteenth Districts. This first
undertaking left much to be de-
The Challenge with such small income, we pause REV. F. D, THOMAS tunities to visit and speak for| sired for the response was very
today and wonder if ae are doing It has been the way-maker for|church groups. The result has small. Where ministers gave their
REV. C. CLIFTON SANFORD many opportunities for the Ne-| been a widening interest in the attention and support success fol-
lowed. One Presiding Elder gave
BETHEL A.M.E, CHURCH
18th & Shoppe Avenue
NEWCASTLE, INDIANA
One of the most vexing prob-
lems facing African Method-
ism today is the glaring shortage
of adequately trained ministers
to fill the many vacancies that
are occurring in our Zion, Natur-
ally the question arises, what is
being done to alleviate this con-
dition? Are we being confronted
by a problem that defies solution?
It is our humble opinion that
we have looked too long in the
wrong direction, and that we are
being consumed from within by
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justice to those who have labored
and even those who plan to enter
into our ministry of the A. M. E.
Church.
In every field of human labor,
there is to be found a security
benefit set up for those who work
until they become unable to carry
on. Therefore, we are challenged
by the scriptures that say: THOU
SHALT NOT MUZZLE THE OX
THAT TREADETH OUT THE
CORN, AND THE LABOURER IS
WORTHY OF HIS REWARD.—
Saint Paul A. D—I Timothy 1:18.
The A. M. E. Church has made
many great contributions and we
feel that the greatest is yet to be
made.
Seminary its program and stu-
dents.
The Emancipation Proclamation
Anniversary observance estab-
lished a new level for a lecture
series on the campuses here.
Speakers included Dr. Howard
Thurman, Marsh Chapel, Boston
University; Dr. Wm. Stuart Nel-
son, Howard University; Dr. Les-
ter Granger, Dillard University.
Dr. Roswell P. Barnes, last speak-
er in the series, will deliver the
Seminary Sermon on June 4. The
entire Wilberforce community
shared in benefits in this signifi-
cant program.
The Department of Christian
groes in America, and none of
them have been forgotten. All
Negroes have much to be proud
of that the A. M. E. Church has
produced. The entire world ree-
ognizes and respects the A.M.E.
Church, for the work it has been
able to do through its hard work-
ing ministry.
The itinerary in the A. M. E.
Church is loved by those who hold
the title of Minister. It is loved
so well that we forget ourselves
and do little planning for those
days when we become physically
impaired.
We, therefore, recommend
himself to the task of encourag-
ing men in his District to include
this program in their church cal-
endars. Reports from churches in
this District alone nearly equal
all the rest of the reports which
came in.
The Dean, faculty and students
have participated in a number of
significant events this year. Stu-
dents and faculty have attended
meetings of the Inter-Seminary
movement. Two members of the
faculty have shared in the plan-
ning and direction of the Faith
and Order Conferences sponsored
by the Ohio Council of Churches.
that one dollar per capita be
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_ The Man For Our Times
.|Los Angeles, Calif.
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Two
Dr. H. I. Bearden Is
DR. H. I. BEARDEN
The long practical policy of
choosing a man that is peculiarly
suited to fill a certain position,
rather than expend precious time
to change an incumbent or train
another to fill that position was
dictated by the hallowed voice of
expediency, and that voice is still
echoing down through the corri-
dors of time.
I believe that Dr. H, I. Bearden
of Atlanta, pastor of Big Bethel
is peculiarly suited to serve the
office of Bishop in the African
Methodist Episcopal Church, and
I believe it to be my personal
duty to expend the necessary
time, energy and whatever tal-
_ ents God has intrusted to me to
the end that his elevation may be
consummated at the earliest pos-
sible moment.
By conversation and associa-
tion I have perceived that a splen-
did family unity is the first of
his favorable considerations.
Beside the family unity factor,
I have observed an acute sensi-
-|Council invited the members in-
_| Williams, First Church, Pasadena.
Freeman Broughton gave two
a spiritual as well as a financial
blessing.
A. M. E. CHRISTIAN RECORDER
Tuesday, July 16, 1963
Stewardship Dinner
Second AME Church,
On Friday evening, recently the
‘|Commission on Stewardship with
the Rev. C. D. Toliver, Chairman,
and members of his Stewardship
terested in Stewardship to a Fel-
lowship dinner, and the speaker
of the evening was the Rev. E. P.
musical selections for the eve-
ning, “Bless this House” and a
number from the Exodus Song.
Pastor Toliver in presenting the
speaker gave some highlights on
Stewardship in action relative to
the church.
Since a number of the members
have embraced the true meaning
of Christian Stewardship, the
church has been the recipient of
Dr. Williams gave a short in-
formative message on “Christian
Stewardship”. He began by say-
ing “Life is a Stewardship given
from God, and Christian Stew-
ardship is regulating one’s whole
life according to the program of
God,” and he gave the three de-
grees of giving, namely:
Grudgingly, Giving, Giving of
Necessity, and Giving Cheer-
fully.
At the close of the message,
there was a question and answer.
period,
The evening of fellowship
closed with a prayer of thanks-
giving in every one’s heart and
how to grasp the real meaning of
Christian Stewardship.
Mrs. Dorothy O. Buckner,
Reporter
tiveness to the cares of all areas
of the church and also to perti-
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Bishop
Gibbs Installed as President
Of The A. M. E. Council of Bishops
By REUBEN
The Seventh Episcopal District
S. TURNER
the Holy Spirit”.
gave the “red carpet” welcome to] ‘The sermon by Bishop E. C.
connectional visitors who came] yatcher offered a challenge for
from far and near to witness the} tne leadership of our times, and
installation services of Bishop Bishop Hatcher gave some assur-
Carey Abraham Gibbs as Presi-| ance to all of us through his usual
dent of the Council of Bishops} .piritually inspiring rendition of
and Bishop Howard Thomas
Primm as Secretary of the Coun-
cil.
South Carolinians, long noted
for their warm hospitality,
stepped up the temperature sev-
eral degrees and demonstrated
charm, loveliness, courtesies, effi-
ciencies, smoothness, and other
amenities that penetrated the
breasts of all observers and parti-
cipants with a radiance of Chris-
tian fellowship which made the
cockles of the heart glow and feel
the “Storm Is Passing Over
Hallelujah”.
The Installation Ceremonies
were done with princely dignity
by the erudite prelate of the Sixth
Episcopal District, Bishop W. R.
Wilkes,
At the beautiful and well-ap-
pointed banquet followed
the Installation Ceremonies, the
key of the city was given by
Mayor Lester L. Bates and greet-
ing were brought by Professor J.
T. W. Mims, president, Laymen’s
whict
strangely warmer than warm. Organization; Dr. F. C. James
P s Director of Social Action, A.M E
Here we saw African Method- Church; Dr. Neil F. Truesdell,
ists, without guile, exhibit respect,
love, devotion, and commit-
ment to both the cause and lead-
ership of our Zion, Here we saw
these African Methodists report
$136,943.00 representing one half
of their annual general claims
Here, at beautiful Bethel, Colum-
bia, we saw Dr, J. Arthur Holmes,
pastor, prove, without doubt, his
matchless ability as an organizer,
director, administrator with the
enviable talent to implement im-
peceably a big job, Every aspect
of the program was handled with
meticulous concern for the com-
fort, happiness, and well-being of
president, Christian Action Coun-
cil of South Carolina, Music for
the banquet was under the direc-
tion of Mr. John Hunter, Allen
University, and the famous Bethel
Junior Choir. The highlight of the
musical presentations was that of
the featured soloist, Mrs. Alethia
F, Gibbs, Episcopal Supervisor
Missionary Department, who
thrilled her audience with a bril-
liant rendition of L’Amour Tour
Jour L’Amour,
South Carolinians will long re-
member the impressive experi-
ence of the installation of their
beloved Bishop as president of
Resolution
Fifth Episcopal District, Mid-
western Area Convocation, A.
M.E. Church, April 23-24, 1963.
GREGG TABERNACLE A.M.E.
CHURCH
37TH AND MICHIGAN
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
BISHOP HOWARD THOMAS
PRIMM, PRESIDING BISHOP
OF THE FIFTH EPISCOPAL
DISTRICT, PRESDING ELDERS,
PASTORS AND FAITHFUL
MEMBERS OF OUR ZION.
GREETINGS, in the tried and
true faith; God our Father, Christ
our Redeemer, Man our Brother!
WHEREAS, the Midwestern
Area Convocation of the Fifth
Episcopal District is here assem-
bled in the bright “afterglow” of
the Easter Season, and
WHEREAS, we look with tender
pride, upon the vast army of Co-
workers and glory in our stal-
wart band, and
WHEREAS, our ears catch
again the beautiful notes of music
still clinging enchantingly to the
breezes of history. Our steps are
quickened and we feel once again
the urge and inspiration to her-
ald, the new day, moving to the
tune; “Onward Christian Soldiers,
Marching As to War, With the
Cross of Jesus Going on Before.
Christ, the Royal Master, Leads
Against the Foe; Forward Into
Battle, See His Banner Go.”
WHEREAS, under the dedi-
cated leadership of our Bishop
Howard Thomas Primm (A Five
Star General in God’s Army) and
his loyal cabinet of Presiding El-
ders namely: Revs. E. D. Chap-
pelle, A. H. Hamilton, A. L.
Simpson, S. J. Holly, Therion
Cobbs, Palmer S. Ross, E. W.
Newton, Fred A. Hughes, H. L.
Vaughn, H. M. Davis, along with
a host of faithful, forceful Pas-
tors and loyal Laymen marching
in formation, with courage and
valor to the half-way mark of the
conference year, and midway a
most successful Quadrennial.
WHEREAS, the calibre of our
reports indicate that our hearts
and lives have been touched by
the Bishop’s challenging em-
phasis upon Christian Steward-
ship; being reminded that the
cause of Christ depends upon the
dedication of our abilities as we
also share our lives.
WHEREAS, the Bishop’s An-
nual Report has focused our at-
tention upon these main
of Concern”—Douglass Hospital,
Social Service, Christian Stew-
ardship and Evangelism.
WHEREAS, our hearts are
made glad by the knowledge that
the unused Western University
property will soon be transf rmed
into an extraordinary spectacle
of beauty and service, “Primm,
Rose Villa,” being the first min-
istry of its kind projected in the
AME Church the outstanding vir-
gin accomplishment by our great
Church in her history.
WHEREAS, this great new in-
stitution will stand together with
Douglass Hospital which under
the leadership of Bishop Primm
and the able administration of Dr.
Eugene Kelly, has received the
place for which our father’s
sighed, receiving financial assis-
tance and recognition by the
General Board of the A. M. E
Church, the Ford Foundation, the
Kansas State Association and the
United Community Fund
WHEREAS, God has given to
this District a man of great vis-
ion, who has presented to us the
drama of the expanded Church in
a poignant yet electrifying way
WHEREAS, his queenly wife,
“Areas
every one in attendance. He
merits the role of honor and our] the Council of Bishops of the A.
Lord’s commendation ‘“well|M. E. Church. They, too, will be
done”, Bishop George N, Collins eternally grateful to Dr. J. Arthur
electrified the congregation at Holmes and his staff for a beau
high noon Wednesday, May 15th tiful job of handling so efficiently,
in a key message centered around what turned out to be a mammoth
the theme “Power derived from! task.
Mrs. Edythe M. Primm, a modest
lbut forceful leader in the field
of Christian Missions, always de-
voted to the work of her hus-
band; standing by his side and
Events and Personalities in Negro History
By REV. ROII B. CANADO, B.S., M.A., Historian
July 4th’s Land Of The Free
According to Arnold Toynbee,
our second law of cultural ra-
diation and reception is the ten-
dency of a culture pattern that
has established itself in an emit-
ting body social to re-assert it-
self in a receiving body social
through a reassemblance and re-
union there of constituent cul-
ture—elements that have become
separated in the process of trans-
mission. This tendency has to
contend with the opposing ten-
dency of an assaulted society to
resist, but such resistance can
generally do no more than slow
down the process. As we watch
this arduous process of infiltra-
tion making a headway that car-
ries it to the bitter end of intro-
ducing the whole beseiging host
of Midians inside a beleagured
Israel’s defenses, the astonishing
aspects of the excruciating mir-
acle is not, of course the needle’s
obstructiveness but the camel’s
importunity. The intruding cul-
ture elements are not so separa-
ble as they might be supposed
to be, and one thing leads to an-
other.
Assaulted society is not, in
deed, always blind to the con-
sequences that are likely to fol-
low from allowing even the most
apparently trivial and innocuous
exotic-culture element to make
an entry. History will show that
our society has become famous
for repellent exercises where
sharing in his experience with be-
coming fortitude and faithfulness.
WHEREAS, the panoramic
view of the District highlights
the fulfillment of the vision of
our leaders, namely;
1. Five-thousand Converts dur-
ing the Quadrennium.
2. 50 Child-Care Centers.
3. The establishment of a new
Church in Fairbanks, Alaska,
4. A New Douglass Hospital.
5. Primm Rose Villa-Mecca for
the aged. (Senior Citizens’
Home)
WHEREAS, the accomplishment
of these goals will require a lead-
ership that has gained the re-
spect and confidence of the peo-
ple of this great District. This,
Bishop Primm has done.
WHEREAS, since 1952 the Fifth
Episeopal District has experienced
an unusually high rate of change
in her Episcopal leadership.
Therefore, be it resolved that
this Midwestern Area Convoca-
tion of the Fifth Episcopal Dis-
trict will go on record as prayer-|
fully but firmly requesting that}
the General Conference of 1964
will view this Bishop's unpar-
alleled record and the future pos-
sibilities under his leadership,
return him and his charming and
queenly wife, Mrs, Edythe M.
Primm te complete the work
which they have so nobly begun
to the end that our Fathers who
forged west across the great
plains to establish the church,
Western University and Douglass
Hospital, shall not have died in
vain. That the sacred, dedicated
ground in Quindaro, Kansas shall
continue to glorify God and ex-
tol the AME Church in the mid-
lands of America.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
that these Resolutions be widely
publicized in both the secular and
religious press.
Respectfully submitted,
Dr. Therion EF, Cobbs
Dr. G. Wayman Blakely
Dr. L. S, Odom
Dr. F. L. Whitlock
Dr, FE. W, Hall
Dr. C. W. Howard
Dr, M. L. Simmons
Dr. H. C. McMillan, Sec.
else ee ee
there is the least indication the
alien of culture is about to make
an apparent entry. But when the
society by any act of natural or
other behaviour enter a culture,
and, then try to isolate this cul-
ture, even after the generation
period expires. We find that iso-
lation has never been successful
as a restraining barrier to as-
similated elements of alien cul-
ture, where the tide flows both
ways.
The Negro in the Western so-
ciety is no exception to the rule,
his is the rule of a planted seed
of human tide in the fertile earth ~
of the melting pot of many social
innovations from the east and
near east. The resulting plant is
the assembled cultures of sey-
eral societies greater in statues, *
in many cases than the planted
seed padre. The picture the Ugly
American, tells a story of the 7
political-social hod-pod of the
face seldom seen in the mirror of
life. Frederick Douglas weptwhen
he saw the white American of
the last twenty years prior to the
Civil War preparing for to cele-
brate the American War of In-
dependence, generally called the
Revolutionary War, and the fam-
ous Declaration of Independence
by Adams, Hancock, Washington, —
et. al. Later Douglas became a ‘
great speaker and writer and
champion of liberty for the slaves
in North, South, East and West,
and in his much publicized oration
of July 4, 1852 at Rochester, New
York he stated what many an >
honest American has said mil-
lions of times since. He spoke
thus: 7
What, to the American slave
is the fourth of July? I answer:
A day that reveals to him, more
than all other days in the year, ©
the gross injustice and cruelty to
which he is the constant victim.
To him, your celebration is a
sham; your boasted libertv.
unholy li ‘
greatness, swelling vanity; your __
sounds of rejoicing are empty
and heartless; your denunciation fii
of tyrants brass-fronted impud- ae
ence; your shouts of liberty and ‘
equality, hollow mockery; your a
prayers and hymns, your sermons 3
and thanksgivings, with all your
religious parades and solemnity,
are, to him, more bombast, fraud,
deception, impiety and hypocrisy
—A thin veil to cover up crimes
which would disgrace a nation of
savages—You boast of your love
of liberty, your superior civiliza- —
tion, and your pure Christianity,
while the whole political power
of the nation (as embodied in
the great political parties) is
solemnly pledged to support and
7
perpetuate the enslavement of es
three million of your countrymen, ‘
You hurl your anathemas at the wer
crown headed tyrants of Russia ¥
and Austria and pride yourself
on your democratic institutions
while you yourselves consent to
be the mere tools and bodyguards
of the tyrants and bigots of Vir-
ginia and Carolina. You invite to
your shores fugitives of oppres-
sion from abroad, honor them
with banquets, greet them with
ovations, cheer them, toast them,
salute them, protect them, and
pour out your money on them
like water; but the fugitives from
your own land you advertise,
hunt, arrest, shoot and kill, You
glory in your refinement and your
universal education; yet you
maintain a system as barbarous
and dreadful as ever stained the
character of a nation—A system
begun in avarice, supported in
pride, and perpetuated in cruel-
ty. You shed tears over fallen
Hungary and make the sad story
of her wrongs the fame and the
theme of your poets, statesmen,
and orators till your gallant sons
are ready to fly to arms to vindi-
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“Tuesday, July 16, 1983
A.
' The Interdenominational Theological Center
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
The Forty-fourth Annual Ses-| Theta Phi as a reward for highest
sion of the Interdenominational | scholarship.
ee Schock for Pastors which) Rudolph Smith of Altanta, who
wh A in Atlanta, Ga. will be|/is a Middler and a member of
ugust 19th to 30th at The| the Church of God, was honored
Interdenominational Theological] with membership. The others
Center. It continues the school be-| were members of the Senior
gun by Gammon and The Metho-| class: Mr. Edward L. Brown of
dist Church in 1919 and is one of} Jackson, Tenn., who is in the
the oldest summer schools or CoOM=| Christian Methodist Episcopal
ferences for Protestant ministers) Church; Mr. Alfred L. Norris, a
in the United States. About 125 | Methodist from New Orleans; and
’ to 150 ministers and wives and a) Mrs. Myra Taylor, a Baptist from
number of lay members are ex-| Atlanta.
. pected to attend in 1963 from} mm. other members of the
fifteen to eighteen states and a graduating class had been pre-
:
Prince Chapel
By-The-Sea
Recently the seventh session of
the South Los Angeles District
Conference convened with its
theme “A Saviour for This Age”
at Bethel AME Church, 8lst and
K, St., with Presiding Elder X, C,
Runyon, Presiding, the host pas-
tor, Dr. D. V. Kyle announced
the Call to Worship, “O For A
Thousand Tongues to Sing” was
lined by Rev. Jesse Wilkerson,
and prayer was led by Rev. H. L.
Harden,
The Rev. C, A. Reid read the
New Testament Scripture Les-
son and for the Old Testament
Scripture Lesson Benjamin E,
Broaden read; Summarization of
the Decalogue was conducted by
Rev. B. E, Jones, the Missionary
Offering was directed by Rev. C.
M. Carter with the congregational
response, and the congregation
was led in the Hymn of prepara-
tion “We are Tossed and Driven.”
Presentation of Dr. X. C. Run-
yon was made by Dr. H. W.
Murph, in turn the Presiding El-
der presented the preacher of the
Hour. Chaplain Carroll R. Cham-
bliss’ subject was ‘“Resealing The
Sepulchre” which was delivered
with power, inspiration, and in-
formation. Invitation to Disciple-
ship was extended by Rev. M. M.
Norton. The offering was received
‘by the mittee, there-
after the communion sérviceawas,
observed.
Lay delegates were introduced
individually. The daughter of Dr.
B. J. Nolen is a member of this
district at Santa Anna, Califor-
nia. Our guest, Rev. James A.
Covington of Phillips Temple C.
M. E. church was presented which
he highly praised the district con-
ference and mentioned the out-
standing contribution of pastor
Benjamin E. Broaden at Prince
Chapel by the Sea and Dr. D. V.
* AME Church of
San Diego. Rev. J. L. Boyd gave
the response in regard to his re-
marks.
At the afternoon session the Dr.
X. C. Runyon offered a motion
Rev. Benjamin E. Broaden to be
secretary and reporter for the
district conference. The motion
was seconded by Rev. H. W.
Murph and carried.
Mrs. Edna Willis, District Su-
perintendent of Sunday Schools
in the South Los Angeles District,
gave an informative report on the
subject “Why Do We Have Sun-
day School?” It was well re-
ceived by all. Rev. D. V. Kyle and
Rev. Jesse L. Boyd made com-
ments on the vital needs of pas-
tors to participate in the Christian
Education Department. Dr. D. V.
Kyle moved that Mrs. Edna
Willis would institute a Sunday
School Clinic at a convenient
time for all who are concerned.
The motion was seconded by the
Rev. J. L. Boyd and carried.
The subject presented by Rev.
B. E. Jones “A Workable Evange-
listic Program for our District.”
This was given in a provocative
way with enthusiasm for action
immediately. Dr. D. V. Kyle
made the motion: a committee of
five be named to follow through
the recommendation of Presiding
Elder X. C. Runyon that the
churches of the South Los An-
geles District concentrate in spe-
cific areas (Fall and Spring
meetings) to enlarge the work of
the gospel through visitation
evangelism and preaching mis-
sions. The motion was seconded
by the Rev. H. W. Murph. The
members of the committee are
Rev. H. W. Murph, J. L. Boyd,
Carroll R. Chambliss, Benjamin
BE. Broaden, and Dr. D. V. Kyle.
“Spiritual Condition of the
Church” was discussed by the
Rev. H. L. Harden in which ev-
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Boma Genominations. viously inducted when Middlers.
Dr, U. Z. McKinnon, Director|They were Mr. Harry D. Patter-
of Extension for ITC, has ar-]son of Concord, N. C., who is a
_‘Tanged a varied program consist-}member of the Christian Metho-
ing of a Group Dynamics Work-|dist Episcopal Church and Mr.
_ shop to aid ministers in guiding| Mose Pleasure, Jr., who is pastor
: boards, committees and other de-| of a Baptist Church at Bainbridge,
cision making groups in churches| Ga.
‘ and communities; a workshop for| The induction ceremony was
_ ministers’ wives; and a group of| conducted by Dean Charles B.
fundamental courses for all|Copher, Professor of Old Testa-
_ Christian workers. These courses}ment, who is the retiring presi-
are on counselling, Christian ed-|dent-of the ITC chapter of Theta
-ucation, Christian beliefs, and|phi. This honorary society was
ology. established for theological stu-
: ‘The faculty has been drawn] dents, scholars in the field of re-
___ from ITC and neighboring denom- ligion, and outstanding religious
-_ jmational colleges and churches,| leaders. The ITC chapter was es-
‘and the staff of the Milledgeville|tablished about three years ago
State Hospital in Georgia. by Methodist Bishop Ivan Lee
ae A limited number of scholar-| Holt of St.Louis,
_ ships are available to aid with Sunset Vesper Service
: expenses and early applicants Quadrennial—St. Louis
may obtain them by writing to
St. Stephen
Dr. U. Z. McKinnon, ITC, 671
Beckwith St., S. W., Atlanta 14, A.M E Church
WILMINGTON, N. C.
_ Georgia.
Twenty students who
' St. Stephen AME Church has
Interdenominational Theological] completed the first six months
Center in Atlanta, Georgia, were|of the Conference year by passing
awarded their degrees at the|the “Success Test” and with
Commencement exercises which} growing evidence of an equally
were held Sunday afternoon,|profitable conclusion for the lat-
May 26th. ter half, important parts of which
President Harry V. Richardson,|has been along precedent-shat-
=e Bishop H: Thomas} Within her own rights,
have
~ completed their studies at The
Primm of Kansas City was the|ever, St. Stephen’s is historical,
speaker. Bishop Primm, who is a|being the first church in N. C.
__ native of Tennessee and holds de-|to join parent body of the AME
_.— grees from Fisk, and Wilberforce|Church some 98 years ago, and,
_ Universities and Payne Theologi-|in so doing, becoming the nucleus
cal Seminary, presides over the|around which the present N.C.
Fifth Episcopal District of the|Conference was built.
African Methodist Episcopal (1) Our dynamic pastor, Dr.
Church. a Miller, tossed his hat in the
: ae graduates yee received) ojitical arena, running for the
-D-gdle sncese yer’ S om sixteen office of City-Councilman, mak-
states and one foreign country. ing a creditable showing when
They were: Clifton E. Appleberry| ine votes were counted. Not only
3 of Tylertown, Mississippi), Law-| i. pr. Miller the first Negro min-
pe tae G. Bonaparte of Darlington,| iter here to do so, but also,
“<~ S.C; Edward L. Brown of Jack-| 3,ou1d there be a vacancy on the
Ze son, Tenn.; Sarousl H. Callier of Council, he would be eligible for
gg ONO SS Wilks B. Crump] that seat, having polled the larg-
as of Amory, Miss.; Arthur L. Da-| .5t number of write-in votes in
we Vid of Chicago, ML; Ulric George AWe wun ott.
of Trinidad, British West Indies;| puring his ten year pastorate
age Wm. H. Graves of Detroit, Mich.;|) ore, Dr. Miller has worked con-
ms Calvin B. Jenkins of Chattanooga, sistently for the betterment of the
Tenn.; Wm. C, Larkin of Annis-| ommunity: being among the
ton, Ala.; Wm. H. Mclver of At-| srct to work with the group in
lanta, Ga., Harry D. Patterson of the desegregation of the lunch
Concord, N. C.; Mose Pleasure,| .ounters, He is a family man, the
es ee Bainbridge, Ga.; Louis T. father of one son, a daughter, has
Purham _of Covington, Tenn.; four grand-children, and is the
James Rich of Columbia, S. Cs) <on of the late Dr. I. J. Miller,
and Stafford J. Sweeting of Mi- Sr, of S. C.
es pe i ? (2) Mrs. Celya G. Trent, Sr.,
Those receiving Master of Re-|ctoward of the Church and local
ligious Education degrees were: teacher, was elected the first wo-
Myra L. Taylor, Robert F. Thom-| ,an delegate to the General Con-
as, and Lydia Marie Tucker, all of| serence from N. C. at a recent
Atlanta, Ga.; and Isaac T. Rich-| eeting of the Electoral College.
mond of Cordova, Tenn. Mrs. Trent is the daughter of the
Highest scholarship awards|jate Dr. D. L. Grady and Mrs.
went to Mr. Patterson and Mrs.|Grady, the deceased Dr. Grady
Myra Taylor. Mr. Patterson is a|having participated in that aug-
minister of the African Metho-|yst body’s deliberations from his
dist Episcopal Church and Mrs.|first election in 1924 to 1952.
Taylor, of the Baptist Church. No stranger to African Meth-
The Theological Center had 117|odism then, Mrs. Trent is the
students enrolled in the year just| president of the local chapter of
closed with six nations and three|Delta Sigma Theta Sorority as
races represented. well as being active in several
Four students at The Interde-| other organizations.
nominational Theological Center| The Church congratulates our
in Atlanta, Ga. were inducted} able Presiding Elder, Dr. Claude
this Spring into the International|L. Stephens, who has successfully
Theological Honorary Society of (Continued on Page 10)
The House of Happiness, | inal Rites Held For Rev. F. H.
Mays
Of The Southern California Conference
Rev. Frank H. Mays, pastor of
Allen Chapel AME Church, San
Bernardino, California; passed
May 19, 1963, at Kaiser Hospital
from a heart condition.
Rev. Mays received his ap-
pointment from our Presiding
Bishop, The Rt. Rev. H. Thomas
Primm, two years ago and en-
joyed the most successful and
pleasant pastorage of his career,
as he was sincerely loved by his
entire congregation and through-
out the city. The Ministers of the
Southern California Conference
demonstrated their affections for
him by paying their last respects
for him at the funeral, where
condolences, resolutions and tel-
egrams were too numerous to be
acknowledged individually.
During his twenty successful
years of pastoring in Southern
California he made several out-
standing accomplishments which
will long be remembered in Cali-
fornia, In his early ministry here
he purchased Johnson Chapel,
Santa Anna, California; he was
then sent to El Centro, Califor-
nia where he relocated Johnson
of that City. Now during his most
Harry F. Ward 90th
Birthday Committee
Carnegie Hall Meeting Planned
» For Dr. Harry F. Ward’s 90th
recent administration, at Allen
Chapel, San Bernardino, Califor-
nia; he remodeled the chureh and
increased its membership one
hundred per cent and since the
District Conference in April
which was held in his former
chureh in El Centro, he had re-
ceived eight new members,
His body was taken to his home
church, Avery Chapel, Oklahoma
City, where the final services
were held Saturday, May 25th,
1963.
Telegrams from Bishop and
Mrs. H. Thomas Primm the Pre-
siding Bishop of the Fifth Episco-
pal District and from Bishop and
Mrs. Frederick D. Jordan were
deeply appreciated; as Bishop
Primm expressed his regrets for
not being able to attend for at
that time he was in Columbia,
South Carolina receiving his hon-
ors as the incoming Secretary of
the Council of Bishops of the Af-
rican Methodist Episcopal Church.
Rev. Mays’ Church is now under
the supervision of Presiding El-
der A. K, Quinn, who has as-
signed Rev. Vince,M. Townsend,
Jr., to assist him to bring the
Church into the Annual Confer-
ence, as Rev. Mays had planned
with a banner year. Of which
Rev. Townsend graciously con-
sented to do. He and the mem-
bership have dedicated them-
selves to pay for the new organ
~*~"py: Conference time, placing gold
An international tribute to Dr.
Harry F. Ward, distinguished
Protestant clergyman and civil
liberties leader, is being planned
in celebration of his 90th birth-
day anniversary next October
15th. The tribute will be given in
Carnegie Hall in New York City
that evening. Bishop Edgar A.
Love of Baltimore and the Rev.
Dr. Henry Hitt Crane of Detroit,
both fellow Methodists, are the
initiating sponsors.
(The complete list of sponsors
and the program will be an-
nounced later)
The committee invites corre-
spondence with Dr. Ward’s former
students, friends and associates.
Headquarters are at 118 East 28th
Street, Room 704, New York City;
Mrs. Royal W. France, Executive
Secretary.
* 2 s * .
Dr. Ward, a Methodist minis-
ter, has been in “active” retire-
ment for 20 years. For some 40
years he was one of the most in-
fluential and outstanding Protes-
tants in the country, by virtue of
his three-fold concurrent activity.
He was a teacher, first at Bos-
ton University School of Theol-
ogy, and then Union Theological
Seminary in New York City; he
was general secretary of the
Methodist Federation for Social
Action; and he was secretary of
the American Civil Liberties
Union, which he had helped to
establish. In the 1930’s in addition
to his other responsibilities, he
led the American League against
War and Facism, later the Amer-
ican League for Peace and De-
mocracy.
In the 1920’s he travelled and
lectured abroad, under disting-
uished circumstances, in the So-
viet Union, China, Japan and In-
dia. Best known of his books are
In Place of Profit (1933) and De-
mocracy and Social Change
(1941). In recent years he has
devoted much of his time to
speaking and writing against the
attack on civil and religious lib-
erty, particularly as represented
by the House Committee on Un-
American Activities and by the
McCarran Internal Security Act
of 1950.
(Photograph and additional bio-
graphical material available on
request.)
engraving of Rev. Mays in his
memory.
Rev. Mays leaves wife, Helen
Mays, parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leo
Mays of Oklahoma City—two
brothers Leslie and Leon—Sisters,
Mrs. Doney Stapleton and Mrs.
Unice Smite—Presiding Elder A.
K. Quinn, presided and gave the
Eulogy—Presiding Elders, J. H.
Hunt and X. C. Runyon gave re- — =
marks and Rev. J. W. Ford for —
the Alliance. Space. will not Ber=
mit naming the many other - :
isterial participants.
Adolphus B. Clay :
Director of Public Relations
Southern Calif. Conference
Sunset Vesper Service
Quadrennial—St. Louis
Oklahoma Speaks
By REV. W. M. MILLER
CLAREMORE, OKLA.
Dear friends, I come to you
again in the form of a brother
saying to you don’t forget.
Remember less than one year
to go, before General Conference,
I don’t know but I am trying to
tell you that Oklahoma and
especially the Northeast Confer-
ence ask you to consider these
men for whom we think will do
a good job if elected. I know
everybody that is in the race
cannot be elected but why don’t
we try for one time, and see how »
it works out.
Let me tell you something, Rev.
G. W. Pointer has worked hard
in this Tulsa District and we all
love him, we here in Oklahoma
stand behind him and ask your
support to help us. You may be
in a few days receiving mail
from us here and we want you
to keep him in mind.
Here it is again I personally
want you to keep in mind about
a man who will make a fine
bishop, Rev. Ben H. Hill of Tulsa,
a man with courage and under-
standing, a man with a Church
program, a God-fearing man.
Ben tells all of us to stand up
and be counted. Oklahoma sends
these two men out telling them —
that the delegation is behind
them and we want them elected.
I don’t think that we should elect
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A. M. E, CHRISTIAN RECORDER
‘
SS ee
a. Tuesday, July 16, 1963
Gr 1 = 1 Ee . - ’ Y . . .
ound breaking Ceremonies at St. James; Bishop Hickman Praises
Pastor Starks
Ground-breaking ceremonies for the new Educational Buildi
: : . ilding of St. James A. M. E. Church, Memphis, Tenne:
— Lider sng Cg bie apace in hand is the Ri. Rev. E. L. Hickman, presiding bishop of the 13th colscopal -Diaicietatoseteaenen
he . L. Starks, pastor and first lady of St. James. Looking on are Presiding Elder J. E. James, left rear of Bishop Hick-
man, and a number of officers, members and friends of St. James.
In this photo can be seen the Rt. Rev. E. L. Hickman, Pastor H. L. Starks and the Contractor of the new Educational Building of St.
James A. M. E. Church, Memphis, holding blue print. “ i =
A long awaited occasion took
place recently at the St. James
A.M.E. Church, 600 N. 4th Street,
Memphis, Tenn., during which
the ground was broken for the
erection of an Educational Build-
ing.
Among the many distinguished
guests present was the Rt. Rev.
E. L. Hickman, presiding bishop
of the 13th Episcopal District of
the great A.M.E. Church. Bishop
Hickman was highly gratified over
the fine accomplishments of the
efficient and affable young pastor,
Rev. H. L. Starks and praised
him, together with Mrs. Starks,
who is both an asset to her hus-
band and-to his pastorate, the
officers and members of St. James
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Bill For Legislation
(Continued from Page 1)
collected, and reported at each
Annual Conference, and that
this total amount be sent di-
rectly to the Pension Depart-
ment of the A. M. E. Church.
This amount to be added to the
already existed per capita to
each retired A. M. E. minister
and sent to him in the following
existing method:
We recommend further, that
this amount be sent along with
the ear-mark monies of all the
other departments to their sep-
arate departments.
We finally recommend, that
due diligence be given this
measure, and that such imple-
mentation from time to time be
resorted to until each retired
minister receives $50.00 per
month as a retired pension. We
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Rey. F. D. Thomas, Rev. A. S.
B. Jones, Rev. M. H. Van Hoose,
Rey. L. E. Browning, Rev. I. G.
Greene, Rev. T. E. Shehee, Rev.
J. G. Harris, Rev. T. L. Sanders,
Rev. H. McDonald Nelson, Rev.
L. A. Haisley, Rev. J. T. McMil-
lan, Rev. Henry Jackson.
Bishop Sherman L. Greene,
Senior Bishop, 1105 Fountain
Drive, Atlanta, Ga.
Dr. Russell S. Brown,
Secretary, A.M.E. Church,
8348 S. Vernon Ave.,
Chicago 19, Il.
Sunset Vesper Service
Quadrenial—St. Louis
Sixteenth Episcopal
District Is Our Nearest
Overseas District
The 16th District of the A.M.E.
Church comprising Jamaica, Santo
Domingo, Haiti, the Virgin Islands
of the U.S.A., Trinidad, Barba-
dos, and South American Con-
ferences has just finished the
the round of Annual Conferences
which were held by our most
distinguished Bishop R. R. Wright
JreeweD., PhD.
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Objective Reflections
By REV, T. S. CLEMENTS
‘Peace At What Sacrifice?’
There nothing better than
the feeling you are a companion
of truth, What after all, is the
quest of every living soul than
the one that searches for the ul-
timate: TRUTH? Every minister,
no matter what his personal am-
bition may be, can afford to
sacrifice his soul for anything
other than truth. This is the high-
est of all his qualities. When all
else has failed, if he cannot look
himself in the face and feel that
he has told the truth, then he is
a poor wretch.
I would rather walk alone
through life with truth as my
companion than all the offices
man may give, for an office, no
matter how high, is but a tem-
porary something that fades with
the wind, and often if the wind
fails to blow in the right direc-
tion, never lives longer than the
wish of the public.
During the early periods of the
Catholic faith, there was an evil,
known as ‘Simony’ which plagued
the very existence of those
who believed in right. We are
not so far removed from this
same evil when we think of some
position men would desire as to
is
a
buy the right to represent peo- _
ple falsely. Whenever clouds of
suspicion, doubt and misgiving
appear upon the horizon, one can
rest assured there is a reason for
them. What can man expect of
men but to be rightly treated and
honestly given a chance to do
what is right? When we fail in
this, we have failed in something
higher than ourselves. When man
resorts to buying the right to
represent people, lest more the
Church, there is little wonder
why we are in our present con-
dition of failing to truly repre-
sent the cause of Christ.
I would rather walk alone with
God in the vastness of my search
for truth, being.hon i
fellowman, than to be given any
office that has come by means
other than the ones that are
right.
In 1964 we will be going to the
General Conference to try to put
our Church on a better road of
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OPERATION A. M. E. STEWARDSHIP
INSTRUCTIONAL MEETING
M. GREENE, SR.
By REV. HENRY
Again, under the competent
leadership of Drs. H. Ralph Jack-
son, Director and Ezra M. John-
son, Administrative assistant, the
Minimum Salary Department of
the A.M.E. Church has given
leadership to another Steward-
ship meeting which was held at
st. Andrews A.M.E. Church,
Memphis, Tennessee, recently, the
Reverend Elmer M. Martin, host
pastor. One representative from
each annual conference in the
A.M.E. Connection attended at the
expense of the Minimum Salary
Department. This was a Special
Instructional Meeting with em-
phasis in two areas; (1) THE
MECHANICS OF EVERY PER-
SON VISITATION with Dr. Mal-
colm D. Blackburn serving as in-
structor and (2) THE TECH-
NIQUES AND MATERIALS FOR
CONDUCTING ANNUAL CON-
FERENCE WORKSHOPS with
Dr. Ezra M. Johnson serving as
instructor.
1. Dr. Blackburn emphasized
the importance of following the
procedure as laid out in the Every
Person Visitation Manual, which
precedure has been tried and
proven relatively successful. Er-
rors have occurred when attempts
were made to by-pass the four
major areas of concern, namely
Proposal, Resources, Materials
and Visitation. In the Proposal,
HENRY M. GREENE, SR.
with the involvement of every
member of the church if possible,
a pyramid of concern is devel-
oped. Each member is to make
his suggestion after asking him-
self the question, “If this congre-
gation has unlimited resources,
what should it do?” Then he sug-
gests the things he would like to
give his time, talent and treasurer
to develop. With these suggestions
coming from each member of the
congregation, the Proposal Com-
mittee proceeds to build a Pro-
posal, listing first the essen-
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- easy for parents to realize them-
_ people face the old problems in
_ fuse to accept the fact that young
a delegate
_ honestly.”
Youth and The Church | Operation A. M. E.
By JEAN SANFORD
Bethel AME Church, New Castle,
Indiana
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tials, then the desirables and the
optionals last. The Resources
Committee seeks to find the avail-
able resources needed for carry-
ing out the needs of the Pro-
posal. It seeks to find what each
member is likely to give if he is
really committed to the proposal
of his congregation, The Mate-
rials Committee conducts a pro-
gram of education and informa-
tion. It seeks to provide the in-
terest, the material and the skills
needed to carry forward a suc-
cessful Every Person Visitation
Program.
The Visitation Committee is
composed of about 28% of the
congregation; a group of members
From time extending beyond
the reach of tradition, there has
been a considerable amount of
tension between the parents and
youth. In home and other places
many youth are at a stand still
in their relationship with their
parents.
To youth it is never easy to see
eye to eye on their parents’ views.
But at the same time it is not
selves in these young people. So-
ciety has changed with such in-
credible speed during the past
quarter of a century that young
a new setting.
are trained in the techniques of
visitation before commissioned.
When they have acquired the
knowledge and the skill needed
for their job, then on a desig-
nated Sunday in a special serv-
ice, they are COMMISSIONED,
two-by-two to go forth in God’s
Name to visit the members se-
lected for them, following the
four important steps: (1) GET
READY (2) MAKE THE VISIT,
Many of our young people to-
day are being trained to think
for themselves. But parents re-
people’s thinking should not be
done for them.
Youth are shown to be happy-
go-lucky. But deep down you will
find worry and anxiety. Strange
as it may seem, these two words
are companions of youth.
Young people reveal personal
ambitions of idealistic nature and
a tendency to do religious or so-
cial work. These are the youth
whom the Church must reach.
and (4) MAKE THE FOLLOW-
UP IF NECESSARY. From here
of the administration of the con-
gregation for the continued suc-
Bishop Primm, Dr. pinks And
oes Making Mamm Plans
tertain on At ‘Women’ s
Poona Louis
PLR
oe Reflections
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ANNUAL CONFERENCE STEW-
recovery, and yet, even now, as
some of us look forward, there
are some doubts that this recov-
ery will be made possible unless
some grave injustices and prac-
tices are corrected on local levels.
One would think to be elected
is more important
than going to ‘Heaven’. This is
not half as important as knowing
you can look a man in the face
and truthfully say: “I earned it
and one layman from each an-
Layman who attended the Con-
nectional Layman’s Stewardship
Seminar last year. The call is to
include the presiding elders, the
Perhaps there are some things
people have failed to realize:
One does not fight against indi-
viduals, but rather, for princi-
ples. When you lose principles in
your search for truth, then you
have lost and don’t know it.
Wrong can’t go on forever, and
unless someone speaks out in the
defense of truth, and is willing
to take a stand for what is right,
evil will continue. As for others,
I know not what course they will
take, but as for me, “Let me
stand on the side of right.”
pastors and one layman from
each congregation in the confer-
sible.
Salary Department has forged
stewardship material at reason-
strips, “Reason For Being”
———
The Church Sails Again To St. Louis
For The (*) Quadrennial Meeting And
Will Pause At The Garden For
A Solemn Communion Service
Ground-breaking
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should be a MUST in every
church library. One seeing them
is bound to better understand his
reasons for being and his respon-
sibility to God and His Church.
and friends for their diligence,
their loyalty, and their support
of the work master-minded by
the much beloved pastor.
Turning the first dirt for a
foundation for a new annex to
the church the Bishop also com-
mended the Presiding Elder, Rev.
J. E. James, who was present and
who had assisted Pastor Starks in
making this history-making oc-
casion possible.
The occasion was the beginning
of a complete rehabilitation of
the church which will make it
into a beautiful edifice of which
The contractor was present and
passed the word along that the
job will soon be completed and
that every effort will be made to
give complete satisfaction.
Reports from the first half of
the “Mammoth Drive” had been
turned in and everyone was urged
to make the second half of the
drive a complete success.
selected with care. These people}
(3) GET THE COMMITMENT
on, it becomes the responsibility
cess of the every Person Visita-
tion Program. The pastor and his
staff will be the policy forming
ARDSHIP WORKSHOP was de-
tailed. The primary responsibil-
ity for getting such workshops
going was given to the represen-
tative from each annual confer-
ence attending the Special In-
structional Meeting. The person is
to work in cooperation with the
Bishop, Presiding Elders, Pastors
nual conference; preferable, the
ence. The time and place for the
workshop is to be specified, with
each one in an episcopal district
conducted simultaneously if pos-
Without a doubt, the Minimum
ahead in providing very helpful
able low cost. Most of it is sold
at cost. Two very interesting film
and
“Go Forth In His Name” have
been developed, These filmstrips
So again, The Minimum Salary
Department has completed an-
other successful operation in the
Pe ee a ae
any congregation would be proud.
A. M. E. CHRISTIAN RECORDER
ALMA A. POLK, Editor
3103 Centre Avenue
far-reaching Stewardship
gram. It is too early to predict the
pro-
great service this type of pro-
gram is destined to render the
church, Already a fruitful harvest
has begun. As Malcolm put it:
“We shonld be old-fashioned in
our beliefs, up-to-date in our
methods, and far ahead in our
ideals.” This, in a sense, explains
the Stewardship Program of the
Minimum Salary Department of
the A.M.E. Church.
Yes, the boys were there from
every annual conference in the
connection. The “Who’s Expected”
shows the names of the follow-
ing: and every man was there
whose name appears on this list
with the exception of two.
And now we go on to the an-
nual conference workshop, (which
hope will be over in June)
filled with inspiration to achieve
and information to guide.
we
We salute once again The De-
partment of Minimum Salary for
“showing the way.”
~ WHO'S EXPECTED
Reverend John H. Adams
1020 Washington Place
Seattle, Washington
Reverend V. R. Anderson
1902 Volustsia
Wichita, Kansas
Reverend R. H. Alexander
1425 N. Kelham
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
-Reverend T. D. Alexander
1117 W. Pullen
Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Reverend W. F. Ball, Jr.
226 Della Court
rl pyeKsonvillesPiorida-
2. In John’s group a successful
Reverend H. J. Benson
1008 North West 10th Street
Hallendale, Florida
Reverend E. M. Blocker
214 Ohio Street, S.
Lakeland, Florida
Reverend R. L. Brown
700 Allen Street
Marshill, Texas
Reverend C. B. Bryant
1614 Stillman
Corpus Christi, Texas
Reverend L. A. Billups
310 North Cherry Street
Dothan, Alabama
Reverend J. C. Bonner
17 - 10th Court
Birmingham, Alabama
Reverend H. A. Belin, Jr.
118 - 4th Street
Clarksdale, Mississippi
Reverend Joseph Brockington
18107 Anglin
Detroit, Michigan
Reverend C. C. Blake
94 Richmond Hill Ave.
Stanford, Conn.
Dr. Malcolm B. Blackburn
475 Riverside Drive
New York, New York
Reverend G. Alger Coates
451 Elliott
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Reverend L. G. Clarke
805 Monroe Street
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Reverend C. M. Davis
198 Glover Street
Orangeburg, South Carolina
Reverend W. J. Daniels
1002 6th Avenue
Columbus, Georgia
Reverend A. A. Davis
1868 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, New York
Reverend R. C. Eberhardt
1336 Sheffield Street
Pittsburgh 33, Pennsylvania
Reverend B. J. Finklea
21 Hampden Street
Charleston, South Carolina
Reverend G, E. Fagons
106 Meadows Street
Beckley, West Virginia
Pittsburgh 19, Pennsylvania
Reverend J. E, Grant
400 South Benton
Midland, Texas
Reverend E. C. Gipson
600 North Good at Latimore
Dallas, Texas
Reverend James M, Granberry
405 Church Street
Columbia, Tennessee
Reverend I, D, Hinson
206 W. Virginia Street
Tallahasse, Florida
Reverend Chas. H. Hunter, Jr.
2503 21st Avenue
Tampa, Florida
Reverend W. H. Harris
807 Madison Avenue
Montgomery, Alabama
Reverend A. W. Holman
P. O. Box 1002
Aiken, South Carolina
Reverend James A. Holmes
234 Carolina Street
Laurens, South Carolina
Reverend A. J. Harris
907 D’Antignac Street
Augusta, Georgia
Reverend Fred Hughey
510 E. Central Street
Springfield, Missouri
Reverend J. W. Henderson
1911 Crane Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio
Reverend E, M. Jackson
111 S. 7th
McAlester, Oklahoma
Reverend J. B. Jamison
200 Packard
Warren, Arkansas
Reverend Chas. E. Jenkins
2524 Williams Street
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Absent
Reverend W. A. Jennings
924 W. 5th Street 3
Ocala, Florida
Reverend A. C. Johnson
1310 29th Street
Galveston, Texas
Reverend T. C. Johnson
15 St. Catherine Street
Natchez, Mississippi
Reverend H. Ralph Jackson
280 Hernando Street
Memphis, Tennessee
Reverend Ezra M. Johnson
280 Hernando Street
Memphis, Tennessee
Reverend J. W. Judge
640 Hall Street
Bainbridge, Georgia
Reverend J. D. Jaudon
c/o 215 Park Avenue
AME Church Parsonage
Savannah, Georgia
Reverend Donald G. Jacobs
10925 Pasadena Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio
Reverend Matthew Lowe
3505 Walnut Street
Inkster, Michigan
Reverend Donald Ming
326 Flower Street
Chester, Pennsylvania
Reverend A. A. Morgan
1017 Hampton Street
Tucson, Arizona
Reverend W. C. Myles
612 S. 10th Street
Columbus, Mississippi
Reverend B. H. Martin
P. O. Box 124
Mound Bayou, Mississippi
Reverend J. L. Myers
228 10th Avenue, South West
Birmingham, Alabama
Reverend Edgar Mack
125 Murray Street
Frankfort, Kentucky
Reverend Elmer M. Martin
867 South Parkway, East
Memphis, Tennessee
Reverend W. J. Nelson
P. O. Box 49
Bishopville, South Carolina
Reverend N. P. Patterson
1113 Washington Street
Alexandria, Louisiana
YOUNG PEOPLE AND CHILDREN’S PAGE
Reverend R. E, Peters
1312 Auburn Street
Opelika, Alabama
Reverend Blaine Ramsey
107 N. Fourth Street
Champaign, Illinois
Reverend Frank M. Reid, Jr.
4311 St. Ferdinand
St. Louis, Missouri
Reverend Joseph R, Reid
912 West Chestnut Street
Louisville, Kentucky
Reverend B. S. Roberts
2204 N. Boston Place
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Rverend C. D. Rodgers
General Delivery
Stephens, Arkansas
Reverend F. C. Reid
General Delivery
Blytheville, Arkansas
Reverend H. L. Starks
540 North Third Street
Memphis, Tennessee
Reverend H. O. Swanson
1850 Andrews Street
Mobile, Alabama
Reverend A. R. Smith
85 Morris Brown Dr., S. W.
Atlanta, Georgia
Reverend L. O. Saunders
712 Wright Street *
Wilmington, North Carolina
Reverend M. C. Swann
804 Fayetteville Street
Durham, North Carolina
Reverend Richard Stokes
1318 N. Redfield Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Reverend A. A. Shaw ean ae |
1794 Franklin Street
Columbus, Ohio
Reverend P. M. Tilghman
1024 W. Lanvale Street
Baltimore, Maryland
Reverend Richard E. Tankerson
2617. Georgia Avenue, Apt. 107 pare
Washington, D. C. 7 nema
Reverend I. V. Tolbert Pe
1044 Mobile § - J
Waterloo, Iowa
Reverend R. S. Turner
Allen University *
Columbia, South Carolina
Reverend G. H. J. Thibodeaux fs
1150 Portland Aveue f
Shreveport, Louisiana a
Reverend D. L. Tucker
719 Walthall Street
Greenwood, Mississippi
Reverend J. A. Thornton
2746 Abbie Street
Shreveport, Louisiana
Reverend J. R. Thornton
407 Poplar
Helena, Arkansas
Reverend A. W. Williams
909 Hamilton Avenue
Panama City, Florida
Reverend Andrew H. White
414 8th Avenue, South
Nashville, Tennessee
Reverend J. D. Walker
1356 South Blvd.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana :
Reverend Everette P. Williams ee.
2024 Ashby Avenue k
Berkeley, California - r
Reverend Edward P. Williams :
105 North Vernon Avenue
Pasadena, California
Reverend John A. Woods
206 S. 6th
Richmond, Indiana
Reverend W. R. Walker
506 W. Southern
Springfield, Ohio
Reverend S. W. Williams, Jr.
225 Cedar Street
Smithfield, Virginia
Reverend R. K. Young 4
5000 Glenview ‘
North Little Rock, Arkansas
Reverend L. C. Young
1190 Chicon Street
Austin, Texas
Reverend E. P. Yorpp
504 South Macon
Fort Valley, Georgia
Absent
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Six
LENGTHENING
OUR CHORDS
PART II
THERION E. COBBS
If the A.M.E. Church is really
serious about a dynamic program
of Christian Education—and the
writer feels that it is—then we
will want to consider:
1. Enlarging the Board to in-
clude all Bishops resident in the
U.S., one layman from each epis-
copal district and one youth or
student representative twenty-
one years of age or under at the
time of his election.
The executive committee of the
board should include, as mem-
bers comprising an advisory com-
mittee, representatives of three
divisions (Educational Institu-
tions, Missionary Department, and
Editorial (Church paper editors)
to assist in the conduct of the
work,
2. Correlation of Division Work
—creation of a Secretarial Coun-
cil consisting of the executive
secretaries of the three divisions
of the board which shall choose
annually in rotation from its mem-
bers a presiding officer and shall
meet as necessary to correlate the
work of the three divisions,
3. The Creation of A Campus
Church Relations Commission in
every college community where
the A.M.E. Church is at work.
Members from the local commu-
nity and campus and members at
large representing the interests of
the Annual Conference or Con-
ferences on nomination of the
Conference Board or Board of
Education. It shall share the re-
sponsibility for the operation and
maintenance of religious work
among A.M.E. students enrolled
in institutions of higher educa-
tion at state and independent
colleges and universities,
4. A Commission on Architect-
ture composed of the Secretary of
General Education, three others
elected by the board, and three
other persons elected by the
Board of Missions, The function
of this commission would be to
prepare standards for the archi-
tecture of Churches, parsonages,
and religious educational build-
ings and to recommend them to
the co-operating boards; also to
offer counsel in the erection of
such buildings. The commission
might meet annually and at such
other times as its work might re-
quire.
5. A Joint Committee on Ma-
terials for Training for Church
Membership should be created by
the Department of Education and
the Department of Evangelism
for the purpose of preparing ma-
terials for the training of persons
for Church membership.
HOW SERIOUS IS THE A.M.E.
CHURCH ... CONCERNING A
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PRO-
GRAM? DEAD SERIOUS! And
perhaps this is our trouble. At
any rate, only the future and the
men who make it can tell, Till
then, we entertain the hope of
Edward Rowland Still, in “The
Hermitage”.
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A. M. E. CHRISTIAN RECORDER
The Preacher and
Social Security
QUESTION: I will be 62 years
of age in October 1962. I am
wondering how many credits I
will need to get social security
benefits when I retire in Janu-
ary 1963:
ANSWER: A man becoming 62
this year will require 3% years
of work or 14 quarters of cover-
age. A woman attaining 62 this
year requires 2 3/4 years or 1l
quarters of coverage.
J. M. Granberry, Jr.
Sunset Vesper Service
Quadrennial—St. Louis
King’s Hill Cireuit
Dear Editor, please publish the
following article:
The Third Quarterly Confer-
ence of the King’s Hill Circuit
began Wednesday night May 22
with Post-Conference Services,
the Speakers were: Rev. A. L.
Dias, J. S. Morgan and P. M.
Perry. The Services were inspir-
ing.
On Sunday morning the day
began with Sunday School at Em-
manuel A.M.E. Church, McNeil.
At 11 A.M. the Pastor, Rev. A. C.
Burton conducted the opening.
Rev. S. H. Gray, brought the
morning message. The Quarterly
Conference Union Service was
called to order by the Rev. C. T.
Cross, Chairman. Rev. W. M.
Jamison preached. All members
of this section of the Union were
present. The Afternoon Fellow-
ship was a glowing success.
At 7:30 P.M. Sunday night the
Presiding Elder, Dr. R. L. Lilly
brought the Evening message. On
Monday night at 7:30 the P. E.
presided over a very heartening
business session. All Boards and
Auxiliaries made 100% Reports.
The Presiding Elder commended
the Pastor, Rev. A. C. Burton for
the good work accomplished to-
gether with the Officers and
members of this charge. King’s
Hill Circuit had its part in help-
ing Dr. Lilly to bring the Mag-
nolia District into its rightful
place at the head of the Twelfth
Episcopal District. We cannot give
too much praise to Bishop John
D. Bright, Presiding Elder, Dr.
Lilly and Rev. A. C, Burton the
Pastor for the progress this Con-
ference year.
Mrs. Thelma L. Slater,
Reporter
Mrs. Linnie P. Pace,
Reporter
Rev. A. C. Burton, Pastor
All Roads Leads To St. Louis
Quadrennial Women’s Convention
OUTDOOR TIPS
from the Ancient Age Sportman’s
Idea Exchange
LIPSTICK MINNOWS
This tip requires cooperation
from your wife in the form of an
almost-but-not-quite used lip-
stick, Having procured same, dab
a slab on the side of your min-
nows when fishing. Fish see the
red slash mark, figure the min-
now for a cripple and BAM! If
your wife won’t cooperate, that’s
your problem.
DEFLATE IN BED
Campers know deflating an air
mattress takes several minutes
and no small amount of work, It
can rob needed minutes at a time
when you're roaring to go. The
easy way to do this job is on the
morning you plan to break camp.
As you lie in bed, turn the air
valve and take 40 winks while
the mattress lets you down, When
the air is gone, roll’er up and go.
FOUR FAST ONES
(1) Take off burrs and stick-
ers by wiping with a wad of cot-
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Tuesday, July 16, 1963
Rev. Wm. H. Jenkins |A PROGRAM FOR THE CHURCH
For Bishop AND ITS SENIOR CITIZENS
People over: sixty years of age
now constitute nearly one-tenth
of our population,
Members of the A.M.E, Church
who have had personal contact
with Dr. Jenkins are well aware
—that Rev. Jenkins is an experi-
enced administrator, a depend-
able pastor as well as a pro-
gressive builder!
Dr. Jenkins’ abilities and will-
ingness to serve has left unshak-
able impressions throughout the
connection whether he was serv-
ing as a pastor, teacher, delegate
or community leader; however,
The religious foundation for our
concern for the aged rest, in the
classic concept of God as a God
not only of the strong and mighty
but one who has a special inter-
est in the defenseless, the weak,
and the feeble.
In fact the Bible sets forth old
age as the rich reward, the har-
vest of the good life. No more
pungent plea is to be found in
the entire Bible than the one ut-
tered in the Psalms, “Cast me not
off in time of old age.”
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
1. Acquaint each presiding
Bishop with information regard-
ing construction of homes for the
elderly. They should be informed
of requirements and methods of
financing such facilities.
REV. LEO LESSER, JR.
Chaplain’s Division, Central Hos-
pital, Geriatrics Unit, Member
Council On Aging, University of
Kentucky and Kentucky Commis-
sion On Religion and Aging,
pastor ena
Greater St. James A. M. E.
Church, Louisville, Ky.
s** *
ized to serve at points of com-
munity need, their efforts might
2. Facilitate communications on
an inter-district basis regarding
the problems and needs of the
aged. This might best be done on
an Annual Conference level. Such
information should be given not
only to the clergy but perhaps
more important, it should be giv-
en to lay groups and committee’s
that might undertake specific pro-
grams with the aged. Since there} 3. The clergy should have more
are many existing groups in the|specific clinical data concerning
church, which have been organ-| —
REV. WILLIAM FH. JENKINS
I shall confine my remarks to the
city of East Chicago during and
after the pastorate of Rev. Jen-
kins.
Administrative abilities were
demonstrated with the erection
of St. Luke parsonage and church.
Starting with an old ready to be
condemned building that was
previously a road house that the
church owned at the arrival of
Rey. Jenkins, the church under
his leadership succeeded, in the
erection of two new buildings in
11 years, that are a credit to the
city and the church totaling over
a quarter of a million dollars.
The problems of legality con-
nected with the building, the ha-
rassment of lyric thinkers and
impeders of progress did not
aged.
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Pronouncement on The Churches and
The Public Schools by NCC in USA
system of public education in the
United States of America. It pro-
Approved by the General Board
As Christians we acknowledge
God as the ground and source and
confirmer of truth, whose Spirit
is ever ready to respond to men’s
and children’s search for under-
standing by correcting their
fumbling misapprehensions and
leading them into larger and full-
dividuals may share in an edu-
cation which contributes to the
full development of their capaci-
force in our pluralistic society, We
also recognize that significant
be channeled into work with the
lyr
vides a context in which all in-—
stop Rev. Jenkins from remain-
ing a pastor high in morals, de-
pendable to the church and com-
munity in whatever current needs
arose. Never a negative remark
have I heard him make—but al-
ways the author of a progressive
idea or a solution to a problem.
Dr. Jenkins told the urban re-
newal authorities in the early de-
velopment stage, of the errors in
their approach to their objectives.
Fail
would certainly later result in un-
necessary delays. After the au-
thorities failed to realize the ad-
vice of the Rev. Jenkins he then
turned to the community to make
to correct
them aware of these errors and
gave them specific reasons to be
cerned about their future po-
sition in the City of East Chicago.
Years have passed and the citi-
zens of East Chicago have wished
many times on various occasions
for Dr, Jenkins, however, many
have utilized the valuable infor-
mation, precepts and example left
by this truly outstanding pastor.
Elevation of Dr. Jenkins to
Bishop would extend the amount
of Service he could render to the
Church, the community and the
world.
Respectfully submitted,
Willie Collier
$603 Block Ave,
East Chicago, Indiana
“ef
William H. Jenkins was
ordained an Itinerate Elder in
1931, by the Late Henry Blanton
Parks, Presiding Bishop of the
Fourth Episcopal District.
Rev
The Chicago Annual Confer-
ence met at Institutional A.M.E.
Church, 38th and Dearborn Street
in Chicago over a period of 32
years. Serving as pastor, Rev.
Jenkins, with his queenly wife,
Mrs, Odelia Jenkins, have suc-
(Continued on Page 14)
those errors
er truth. Teaching and learning
at their highest are pursued with-
in this recognition, As Americans
we are firmly committed to the
right of freedom of conscience
and freedom of religion, that is,
the fréedom of each citizen in the
determination of his religious al-
legiance, and the freedom of re-
ligious groups and institutions in
the exercise and declaration of
their beliefs.
The American tradition with
respect.to the relations of gov-
ernment and religion, often de-
scribed as “separation of church
and state” does not mean that the
state is hostile toward, or indif-
ferent to, religion, On the con-
trary, governments — national,
state and local—have prevailingly
acknowledged the importance as
well as the autonomy of religion
and have given expression to this
principle in many ways.
In present-day American socie-
ty, with its diversity of religious
conviction and affiliations, the
place of religion in public educa-
tion must be worked out within
this recognition of the prevail-
ingly positive attitude of the
American people as a whole to-
ward religion and safeguarding
of religious liberty.
As Christians we believe that
every individual has a right to
an education aimed at the full
development of his capacities as
a human being created by God,
his character as well as his in-
tellect, We are impelled by the
love of neighbor to seek maxi-
mum educational opportunities
for each individual in order that
he may prepare himself for re-
sponsible participation in the
common life.
CONCERN FOR THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS
We reaffirm our support of the
this system is financed by public
funds, is responsive to the com-
munity as a whole, and is open
to all without distinctions as to
race, creed, national origin, or
economic status.
DEFINITION OF ROLES
Religious ideas, beliefs, values,
and the contributions of churches
are an integral part of our cul-
tural heritage as a people. The
public schools have an obligation
to help individuals develop an
intelligent understanding and ap-
preciation of the role of religion
in the life of the people of this
nation, Teaching. for religious
commitment is the responsibility
of the home and the community
of faith (such as the church or
synagogue) rather than the pub-
lie schools.
We support the right of re-
ligious groups to establish and
maintain schools at their own ex-
pense provided they meet pre-
scribed educational standards.
We support also the right of
parents to decide whether their
children shall attend public or
non-public schools. The parent
who chooses to send his children
to a non-public school is not ex-
cused from the responsibility of
the citizen to support and seek to
improve the public shools.
Neither the church nor the
state should use the public school
to compel acceptance of any creed
or conformity to any specific re-
ligious practice.
Tt is an essential task of the
churches to provide adequate re-
ligious instruction through every
means at their disposal. These in-
clude both those activities which
individual churches provide with-
in their own walls and also vari-
ous joint ventures of churches
involving cooperation with the
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ties. It serves as a major cohesive.
value derives from the fact. that -—-*
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Tuesday. July 16, 1963
A. M. E. CHRISTIAN RECORDER
Seven
Mrs. Joseph Gomez
Speaks For Nursery
School Graduation
At Institutional
AME Church
Bishop Gomez Passed
Out Diplomas!
By HERBERT L. FELIX
Reporter
CHICAGO, ILL.
(Dr. R. L. Miller has a top Day
Uursery School at his church.
He took me through the school
a few weeks ago, and I was great-
ly tmpressed. He is making great
speed in African Methodism!)
GREATER INSTITUTIONAL
-A.M.E. CHURCH
DR. ROY L. MILLER, Pastor
Sunday, June 2, 1963 at 3:30
P.M., many proud parents and
friends filled Greater Institu-
tional A.M.E. Church on a very
‘HOT’ day indeed! The following
is an outline of the program:
Processional; Invitation to stand
by Morris Allen; Pledge, Marc
Welborn; ‘MY COUNTRY ‘TIS
OF THEE’; Invocation, J. Kim-
prough; Welcome Song, ‘GOD IS
LOVE; Welcome Address, Helen
Akins; Lullaby, Class of Two
year Olds,..Mrs. Perrye Rolfe,
Teacher; Remarks by Pastor Mil-
ler; Wedding Scene, (space will
MRS. JOSEPH GOMEZ
not allow the mentioning of all
of the names here folks!); Re-
marks by Mrs. Jean Goudeau,
Director of School; Songs; Teach-
ers, Mrs. Mattie Smith, Miss Essie
Jones; Processional of Graduat-
ing Class; Song by R. Strickland,
‘OVER THE RAINBOW’; Intro-
duction to Class Song by E. L.
Madison; Class Song, ‘WHEN
YOU WISH UPON A STAR,
Mrs. Helen Sims, Teacher.
Dr. R. L. Miller introduced Mrs.
Gomez in a magnificent manner.
Mrs. Gomez spoke very highly of
those young folks who will make
up our tomorrow or future world!
She told them that they must
learn to take care of the things
around them at all times. She
further advised them to be aware
of themselves and also others at
all times. Mrs. Gomez is a dy-
namic public speaker! I admire all
public speakers. When I stand up
before a crowd of people, my
thoughts SIT DOWN!!
Bishop Joseph Gomez presented
Diplomas to about 30 graduates
(Continued on Page 16)
General Chairman,
total receipts were
ister.
Dr. H. I. Bearden Is
(Continued from Page 2)
nent area of world social rela-
tions.
I believe with men like Dr. H.
I. Bearden serving in the capaci-
ty of Episcopal Leadership in one
of the greatest religious denomi-
nations in the whole wide world,
the social visions of the people of
this and other great nations will
not long remain distorted. I for
one and many others that I know
shall support him all the way.
The man of the hour is one
that has already acquired ample
knowledge, wisdom and a passion
for service through long hours of
hard work and turbulent experi-
ences. Those who have triumphed
over the treadmills of ignorance
and immaturity are acceptable to
be chosen as co-bearers of the
cross of humanity.
I have not been asked to write
for Dr. Bearden’s elevation; I be-
lieve it to be my duty as a Geor-
gian of the Sixth Episcopal Dis-
trict.
Many more writings follow.
H. J. Jackson, Pastor of St.
James Station, Monticello, Ga.
Bishop Primm, Dr. Blakely And
Committee Making Mammoth Plans
To Entertain You At Women’s
Quadrennial—St. Louis
In science the credit goes to the
man who convinces the world,
not to the man to whom the idea
first occurs——Sir William Osler
left to right): Mrs. Josephine M. Johnson,
Moten Barnett, Annual Woman’s Day Speaker; Mrs. Carrie B. Brown,
Program Chairman. In the center is Mrs.
and at the bottom is Mrs. Shirley I. Gaines,
outstripped all other Circle Leaders in_finance for the day. The
$4,757.78. The Rev. Jonathan A. Dames is min-
Women Support Expansion Drive
At Woodlawn A. M. E. Church
Mrs. Etta Moten Barnett, nationally known stage and screen art-
ist and a dedicated Christian worker, stirred a capacity audience
on the Annual Woman’s Day at Woodlawn A. M. E. Church, Chi-
cago, Ill. Stellar participants in this year’s project were (top row,
Co-chairman; Mrs. Etta
Vivian H. Cammon, the
who
A Program For
(Continued from Page 6)
the needs of the aged. A program
of clinical pastoral education
could be set up in each presiding
elder district for six or eight
weeks. Here limited numbers of
pastors come to a nursing home,
or public institution where num-
bers of the elderly are cared for;
after visiting with the elderly, the
pastors would sit down with an
authority in geriatrics, pastoral
care and inter-personal relations
to review clinically-specific prob-
lems that have arisen in their
pastoral visits. The background of
the elderly person, the current
physical and emotional situation
would be discussed.
The pastor’s feeling about his
ministry to the aged would be
explored. Out of such an experi-
ence should come renewed inter-
est in the aged and some change
of attitudes. It should also teach
pastors how they may work with
each other and other professions
in meeting the needs of the aged.
4, A less effective way of in-
forming and enlisting the interest
of the clergy is to have a work-
shop or conference, This method
highlights the problem and pro-
vides general information but
does not meet individual needs
as does clinical education.
5. A series of articles dealing
with a wide range of topics rele-
vant to the aged might be carried
by our church publications.
Committee Report on Preparation
Of The Sunday School Convention
To Presiding Elder Sims, Mrs,
Sims, our District Supervisor,
Platform Guests, Ministers, Of-
ficers, Members and Friends of
the Meridian District Conference:
The Sunday School Convention
is one of the important Annual
Meetings of the Presiding Elder’s
district. One of the major pur-
poses of the Sunday School Con-
vention is to provide an oppor-
tunity for Sunday School workers
to take the Leadership Training
courses which will help them to
improve their Sunday School
work. The Convention should
seek not only to help regular
workers, but to discover and
guide new workers. The training
courses should be carefully se-
lected so as to meet the needs
of those who are expected to take
them, This can best be done by
carefully making early plans for
our financial reports, delegates
participation and attending.
Many of us—Ministers—Sunday
School Superintendents and
Teachers—Members and Mission-
aries of our Churches, periodic-
ally pack suitcases and brief cases
and take off for the Sunday
School Convention. Almost all of
us belong to organizations that
send delegates to conferences.
Most of these conferences are or
should be work conferences.
Here are some of the character-
istics of a work conference: It
requires intensive and long-range
planning. This planning covers
such things as preparing partici-
pants for the convention, devel-
oping programs, getting the par-
ticipants involved in the work of
the convention, and planning to
help them use back home what
they have learned, and special
fund raising projects to raise as-
sessments and delegates’ expenses
to the meeting.
We prepare our delegates or
participants to come together
with a group of other Sunday
School members and leaders, or
resource people to work together
to develop new ideas and plans
and to receive and share new in-
formation. Or to work together to
learn new job performances tor
our Church School pupils, new
ways to prepare reports, or diag-
nose problems, or plan programs,
or lead discussion groups.
We find many of our partici-
pants in the A.M.E. Church are
unable to lead or participate in
discussions. Why? Because they
have not been trained? Then how
are they to be trained? By hold-
ing such training sessions in our
local churches.
A good Sunday School Conven-
tion doesn’t just happen. It has
to be planned with extreme care.
One of the most crucial problems
usually facing the convention or
conference planner is to train
those who will take important
leadership roles in the conven-
tion workshop or discussion.
There should be “Rehearsal for
Leadership” to suggest how dele-
gates should function in their re-
spective groups after being in-
MRS. SELMA HELM BUTLER, Meridian District Secretary
formed by the Presiding Elder
that they are to participate on
the program, Information leaflets,
bulletins or mimeographed ma-
terial should be given out on how
to lead or participate in discus-
sion groups,
Delegates are likely to work
harder and to assume more re-
sponsibility for the aims of the
convention if they have a part in
planning it. Ideally, perhaps,
every delegate to a convention or
conference would share in con-
ference planning. The delegates
should understand why the Sun-
day School Convention is held
and what its relationship is to
them and the local Sunday School.
Your Sunday School Convention
life will tend to fall into three
parts: before, during and after.
Here are some things that should
or may happen:
BEFORE YOU ARRIVE: You
should be involved in pre-plan-
ning. Your Sunday School will
help to relate the conference pro-
gram to the long-term goals de-
sired. -
More of the headachy details—
registration, housing, ete. will be
taken care of by the host pastor
and church—So you will have.@es.
chance to get ready and make
plans for participation.
WHEN YOU GET THERE: You
will find yourself welcomed, and
if you are new there should be
an orientation group. Planners
should make allowances for hu-
man nature to be human nature
and will know that some of the
“hashing over” done in gabfests
is remembered better than the
formal presentations of materials.
Good programming will bring
few speeches and more opportun-
ity for participation. Plan to par-
ticipate by reading and studying
in advance to the meeting.
AFTER YOU LEAVE: You
should plan to be expected to share
your experiences and learning
with the Sunday School to which
you are responsible. Participate
in the follow-up plan; evaluate
the conference, be supplied with
the material you helped to create.
Greater cooperation among
leaders in conducting Sunday
School Conventions and planning
for them will mean less competi-
tion with our members for the
ear of public. Therefore, you will
reach a broader audience with
the results of your convention
through the mass media.
Finally, you will find that
through good planning by the
Presiding Elder, the Pastor, the
Superintendent, the Teacher and
the Pupil, your agreements, not
just your differences, at the Sun-
day School Convention will be
newsworthy.
And ministers, officers, mem-
pers and friends, let us return to
our homes to a better job of plan-
ning for our Sunday School Con-
vention. With the leadership of
our esteemed partners in the
work of Christ, Presiding Elder
and Mrs. Sims, and the fellow-
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SIMPLE * LOVE GREAT... NEED. OF CHURCH
Ye Editor still feels that African Methodism is the great-
est church there is to be found anywhere, and there’s nothing
wrong with the church. There may be something wrong with
many of us, but nothing is really wrong with the church. Cer-
tainly you will hear numerous complaints, especially at this
close to the General Conference. There are many rumors
much politics, etc. 1 admit that some adjustment, much cau-
tion, might be considered, lest we injure the church.
I suspect that possibly the simplest and greatest need of
the Church all of us love today is the one thing; LOVE. Sim-
ple, pure, and down-to-earth, LOVE. As members and preach-
ers of the church, we neea to love everybody, and the love of
everybody. Apart from all other considerations, the deep psy-
chological reason that we need someone to love us is that we
can freely confess our faults and our defects only to someone
who acknowledges our lovability. He would be loved, must
also love.
Our church must not be guilty of tyranny and persecu-
tion, for men who love freedom, naturally and readily flee
from this state of affairs. Usually when people flee tyranny
and persecution, and set up a community of their own they
do not permit any more freedom to their own dissidents than
they themselves had been permitted in the past; with one
exception, the religious settlers in the New World were just
as harsh and tyrannical toward their heretics as the despots
they fled from. Really what most people want is not freedom,
but orthodoxy of their own sort.
In all areas of life the grave and serious need is simply
love. This is evident in all people, whether young or old. The
approbation of our fellows is the real strivings of all of us.
The matching of wits, the.contests of various natures are al-
right in their places, but, all things being equal, all mankind
\eks admiration, approval of his fellows. Simple love is the
{ happiness in all mankind’s schemes.
i
a Se
The layman’s idea of rigorous proof is to say, “For ex-
ample . . .” and then proceed to cite some case so exceptional
and dramatic that it proves nothing of a general nature,
A woman who does not know how to keep quiet when
she is in the right quickly forfeits her moral advantage; as
her rightness degenerates into self-righteousness, she loses
her superiority and permits the man to counter-attack; for
silence on the part of the woman is a much more effective
weapon of domestic combat than haranguing.
Speaking even of the sexes, secret lovers give themselves
away more by avoidance than by engagement; as Bruyere
observed a long time ago: “A woman with eyes only for one
person, or with eyes always averted from him, creates exactly
the same impression.”
Consistency follows in our church relationships. Sore
concern for secondary or material interests, and the evér
personal combat in relationship and position or rights in the
church, fall short of the foundation for solidarity, perpetuity
and effectiveness of the church. Only LOVE is the cement
that will hold the church structure together. Our greatest
and simplest need even in our beloved African Methodism
today is LOVE. ;
It is relatively easy for us to detect when others are bad
from good motives, and to be tolerant of them; what is much
harder is to detect when we ourselves are good from bad mo-
tives, and to be intolerant of ourselves for presenting this
plausible counterfeit of virtue.
Our youth’s quest for self-knowledge is so tormenting
and fruitless because self-knowledge cannot be obtained alone,
but only with another; we cannot know ourselves until we
have disclosed ourself to another and see our reflection in
eyes that understand . . . and forgive. 2
The moralizer who is so scandalized by “obscenity” ev-
erywhere would do well to ponder the remark by a true
moralist, Thoreau, who said: “You cannot receive a shock
unless you have an electric affinity for that which shocks
you.”
The world of politics in these days of ever and constant
change and space-mindedness, is a full generation behind the
world of physics; the significant “race” of our time is not
the arms-race between nations but the “thought-race”be-
tween our political practices and our potentialities for de-
struction, on both sides of the curtain.
Although the founding fathers of our beloved African
Methodism might not have had the academic training we
boast of today, but I suspect they were far ahead of us in
dedication, relationship, and concern for the church, and
in recognition of what it took to enhance and spread the
church. They never talked of squeezing and sectitizing the
church, with the heads of some and the retardation of others,
as axes to grind. But they like the other denominations of
our times sought to expand the church and to furnish it with
h leadership. They love the church, and wanted it to
wax in age and strength.
We seem so budget conscious, so materialistic concerned
in our meetings and activities, that we've lost sight of the
real basic needs of our church. Simple LOVE is the dire need
of us all today. This is my opinion, what’s yours?
| HUMOR
A policeman in a Town in the
West stopped a jay-walker care-
lessly crossing the street and
somewhat disrupting the traffic.
He produced a book from his
pocket, tore out a ticket, and
presenting it to the culprit, said:
“There you are, take that and
when you've had three of them
we take your shoes away!”
» @, a =
wr en heart
pardon!”
Then the Lord is in thy garden.
thy “Father,
says,
When stern Duty wakes to watch,
Then His hand is on the latch.
But when Hope thy song doth
rouse,
Then the Lord is in the house.
When to love is all thy wit,
Christ doth at thy table sit.
When God’s will is thy heart’s
pole,
Then is Christ thy very soul.
Tourist in Yellowstone Park: | ———,jrRoads Lead To St Louls
“Those Indians have a blood-curd- Quadrennial Women’s Convention
ling yell, don’t they?”
| OLD SONGS
“Yes, Ma’am,” answered the
Guide. “Every one of them is a
——
college graduate.”
NEARER MY GOD TO THEE
4
Nearer my God to thee, Nearer
to thee!
F’en though it be a cross
That raiseth me; still all my song
shall be,
Nearer my God to thee, nearer
my God to thee, Nearer to thee,
Sunset Vesper Service
_Quadrennial—S Louls —
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MEDITATION
APPROACHES
When thou turn’st away from ill,
Christ is this side of thy hill. 2
When thou turnest toward good, | Thought like a wanderer, the sun
Christ is walking in thy wood. gone down,
Tuesday, July 16, 1963
B. J. NOLEN
Walk Past Limit
We all have our limitations. But
so far as I can find out, no one
really knows just where to put
his finger on them. Usually your
limitations are reached when you
feel in your mind that there is no
use in going further.
Whenever you feel you are
nearing your limits, have but one
thing in mind—to walk right past
them. And you will.
Growth is a natural process.
Just the minute a human being
stops growing in his mind, at that
moment does he begin to surren-
der life.
Keep filling your life with in-
terests. Interests richen your
very life blood and keep ringing
in your ears the eternal fact that
all worthwhile efforts contribute
to the measure of your charac-
ter. ;
But place no limits. They will
loom before you, undoubtedly,
right past them.
~ Be the thing you most desire—
by working at it during every “
waking moment of your life.
You will smile as you see each
threatening mile-post, that look-
ed like a barrier, pass into the
distance, into memory.
You can win right where you
are. But you must be interested
in what you do and you must give
the best that is in you to the work
that you do.
Expect to meet every emer-
gency that shall arise—and you
will meet it. All limits will then
vanish as new dew under the
bright summer sun.
pone ES he
Darkness be over me, my rest a
stone;
Yet in my dreams I'd be,
Nearer my God to thee, nearer
my God to thee, Nearer to thee.
3
There let the way appear, steps
unto heaven;
All that thou sendest me, in mercy
giv’n,
Angels to beckon me, Nearer my
God to thee,
Nearer my God to thee, Nearer
to thee.
a Louis
Interdenominational
Ministerial Alliance
Gave Unanimous Vote
The Interdenominational Min-
isterial Alliance of the city of
Jacksonville, County of Duval,
State of Florida, recently gave a
voluntary unanimous vote of
confidence to Bishop William F.
Ball, Sr., for his sane leadership
and wise counsel in administering
the affairs of the African Meth-
odist Episcopal Church in Fla.
We have the assurance that
under his leadership, Edward
Waters College will retain its
present approval by the State
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SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON
By EDGAR L. MACK
Frankfort, Ky.
Lesson IV JuLyY 28, 1963
WHY SHOULD I CARE?
(Temperance)
Background Scripture — Genesis
3-11
Print—Genesis 4:1-10
Memory SELEcTION — You shall
love the Lord your God with all
your heart, and with all your
soul, and with all your mind
. . . You shall love your neigh-
bor as yourself. Matthew 22:
37-39.
INTRODUCTION
Today’s lesson is a direct fol-
low-up of last Sunday’s lesson.
One of the areas in which man is
disobedient in his concerns about
his fellowman. When man sins
here, it leads to God’s judgment
and condemnation, too. So often
we are cruel in our dealings with
others and tend to blame others
for wrongs done. The love and
service of God is related to love
and service of others.
Temperance is related to more
than alcohol. We can be intem-
perate in our living and patterns
of relationships to others. Man
is a social being. He has a social
responsibility. Man. should care
and be concerned about others.
THe LEsson
Why Should I Care?
Genesis 4:1-10
The story of Cain and Abel is
as new and fresh as the morning
newspaper. It is full of far more
ooo wemneaning, for life than the stories
sa
in the newspaper. It carries a
message about man’s rightful re-
lations with others. God created
man. Why should there ever be
hate, anger or jealousy among
among men? —
The story of Adam and Eve
tells about the beginning and
punishment of sin. The story of
Cain and Abel tells what hap-
pens when we let our feelings and
emotions get out of control. This
is truly a temperance lesson.
Let us go over some of the im-
portant facts in the story of Cain
and Abel. Cain and Abel were
the first two sons of Adam and
Eve. Both of their parents had
been expelled from Eden. They
- grew up and earned their living
from different means. Cain was a
farmer and Abel took care of the
flocks.
The story continues. They bring
their offerings to the altar of
God. Cain brought the first fruits
of the soil. Abel brought the first-
born of the flock. Then comes the
explosion! God prefers the sacri-
fice of Abel over the one of Cain.
And Cain became angry.
When we hear of the name of
Cain we think of murder. Cain
was the first murderer. Yet the
events of the story do not reveal
intended to murder
that Cain
DEVOTIONAL
We can kill a person’s good name
and his influence through gos-
sip and slander. Many persons
gossip and slander without the
intention of doing harm, They get
}a thrill out of hearing or telling
something new.
You can inflict mortal wounds
by cold unconcern. You can kill
joy not caring. You can destroy
devotion and affection by lack of
interest. Trouble begins before an
act of violence, It begins with
twisted thoughts and grudges.
Just why did Cain hate Abel?
Cain didn’t bother about the facts.
His feelings were more impor-
tant than the facts. We are much
more inclined to react to our
feelings about something than the
real facts.. One of the common
reasons behind gossip, or spread-
ing malicious tales, is jealousy.
Cain had the idea that God pre-
ferred Abel to him. He felt in-
ferior and nursed this feeling of
resentment. Then one day it burst
forth in an act of murder. Mur-
der grew out of hostile feelings.
Cain felt that God ranked Abel
higher than himself.
Then Cain tried to hide from
God. A question arises in his con=
science, “Where is Abel thy
brother?” His, answer, “Am I
my brother’s keeper?” does not
hide the fact that Cain is his
brother’s keeper.
We cannot evade the questions
of God. As members of the
Church we, too, have a respon-
sibility. Have I hurt anyone?
Have I neglected anyone? Where
are they whom I ought to have
invited to Sunday School? Into
what harm have they fallen be-
cause I did not go to them?
“Tam my brother’s»keeper-and
I cannot run away from this re-
sponsibility without displeasing
God. Being a Christian goes fur-
ther than abstaining from alco-
hol. We owe to our brothers con-
cern and help in battling the evils
of alcohol. We should care about
how our brothers live and the
temptations that they face.
Many things happen to us each
day. Sometimes we are hurt. It
may be intentional or accidental.
There is a wrong and right way
to react to others. Cain chose the
wrong way. He refused to heed
the assurances of God. Instead
he carried pride and anger
around in his heart. He allowed
hurt to blind him to the fact
that Abel was his brother. Cain
was poisoned with suspicion and
jealousy.
Some persons can’t stand for
anyone else to be first. They al-
ways want to be first in line, on
first base, or the first one to
finish eating. Cain could not
stand for anyone to get ahead of
him, not even his own brother.
Cain would not even listen to
the voice of God. He refused. to
follow God’s guidance. Man still
spurns the voice of God in hu-
man relations. He still blames
others for his own hatred and
prejudice. At the very moment
that Cain thought he had every-
thing, he lost everything. God’s
judgment fell upon him. He
could not escape it.
Abel, his brother. In anger Cain
struck Abel. Abel fell. He did not
; get up. He was motionless.
This is the first time that anyone
had seen a man die or killed. It
was a new experience for Cain.
Had he really killed his brother?
The tragedy of the story of
Cain is that repeated sin leads
to horrible results. How often we
do others wrong and cry, “But
I didn’t mean it” or “I didn’t
mean to do it.” When we let our
feelings run loose uncontrolled,
we do wrong before we have
realized it.
There are more ways to kill a
person than by physical murder.
Do you care? Cain did not care
about his brother Abel. Because
he did not care he lost his home.
It cost Abel his life. It cost Cain
and Abel the love that they had
for each other. The loss of love
for others leads to the loss of
the love of God. We love others
as we love ourselves. We must
love our enemies. We must pray
for them. We must seek ways to
help and care for others. This is
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“Across The Miles”
The Church for all...
All for the Church.
The Church is the greatest fac-
tor on earth for the building of
character and good citizenship. It
is a storehouse of Spiritual values,
Without a strong Church, neither
democracy nor civilization can
survive. There are four sound
reasons why every person should
attend services regularly and sup-
port the Church. They are: (1)
For his own sake, (2) For his
children’s sake. (3) For the sake
of his community. (4) For the
sake of the Church itself, which
needs his moral and material sup-
port. Plan to go to church regu-
larly and pray and read your
Bible daily.
Rev. John S. Williams, Will Be
Directing Choirs At Quadrennial
The Lord’s Prayer
There is an old story of a man
who had been the victim of strong
drink but who had reformed and
apparently was the conqueror of
his evil habit. However, when he
drove into town, he continued to
hitch his horse at the post in
front of the town saloon. Event-
ually he fell into his old ways
again. Had he had a healthy fear
of temptation he would have
changed his hitching post.
Charles L. Allen in THE
LORD’S PRAYER
(Fleming H. Revell Com-
pany)
Sunset Vesper Service
Quadrenial—St. Louis
Allen University’s Choir
Royally Entertained By
Dis..Miller, Readye,
And Blake of Chicago
By HERBERT L. FELIX
(Dr. Roy L. Miller is the pastor
of Greater Institutional A. M. E.
Church; Dr. D. Readye is the
pastor of St. John A.M.E. Church;
and Dr. J. Blake is the pastor of
St. James A.M.E. Church.)
ALLEN UNIVERSITY’S
CHOIR, under the dynamic di-
rection of my friend, Professor
JOHN WESLEY HUNTER, liter-
ally rocked Chicago! The Choir
sang at Greater Institutional, St.
John and St. James on Sunday,
May 26, 1963. Because of my busy
schedule at Coppin, I was unable
to attend the programs at these
churches. Dr. S. S. MORRIS, JR;
gave Allen’s Choir very good
coverage in his church. I stayed
with Professor Hunter all day on
Monday. We toured the windy
city together in my old car! I got
him back in time to sing at Dr.
Roy Miller’s church at 8:00 P.M.
On Monday night, May 27, 1963,
Allen’s Choir members sang their
hearts out to a packed church!
COYDEN F. PALMER who sat
next to me said the following to
me: “Felix, I am happy to be a
graduate of Allen University.”
Professor John W. Hunter did a
magnificent directing job! Pro-
fessor Hunter knew me when I
was a baby in Columbia, South
Carolina, and my dear parents
knew him when he was a small
lad in the same city.
Drs. A. WAYMAN WARD and
RUSSELL S. BROWN were pres-
ent and made some inspiring re-
marks. Dr. David Readye and
others were also present. I admire
the great Christian spirit that I
see among our A.M.E. Ministers
in Chicago. Candidate ROY L.
MILLER took up a wonderful
collection for this cause. He
LOVES ALLEN UNIVERSITY
AND SOUTH CAROLINA!!
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Resolution on Use
Of Economic Pressures
In Racial Tensions
Adopted by the General Board of
the National Council of Churches
The Church affairms that the
demands of the Gospel transcend
barriers of race, class and nation,
In regard to specific ways of com-
batting discrimination the
Church’s voice and position are
often much less clear. This is
particularly true in regard to the
use of economic pressures, such
as the “sit-in,” the ‘“freedom-
ride,” the “stand-in,” the “kneel-
in,” and selective buying or selec-
tive patronage.
The National Council of
Churches has taken a clear posi-
tion on a) the Christian respon-
sibility to work against those
special forms of economic injus-
tice that are expressed through
racial discrimination; b) the right
of all persons to equal opportun-
ity for employment and the full
use of occupational skills; c) the
validity of “orderly non-violent
demonstrations as expressions of
just and righteous indignation
against laws, customs and tradi-
tions which violate human per-
sonality (and as) efforts to bring
these laws, customs and tradi-
tions into conformity with the
law of God,’ expressed in the
case of sit-in demonstrations and
reiterated at the time of, though
.|not with specific reference to, the
freedom rides; d) efforts to elim-
inate racial segregation in edu-
cation; and e) discrimination in
housing. :
In view of the increasing sig-
nificance of, and frequently
mounting bitterness and tension
in, the use of economic pressures
in racial situations, the National
Council of Churches recognizes
that economic pressure is not
good or evil in itself but must
be judged in terms of the ethical
ends it serves and the ways in
which it is used.
THEREFORE, THE NATION-
AL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES
HERE FURTHER, RESOLVES:
A. That, we believe it is the re-
sponsibility of Christians:
First, to understand the extent,
manner and significance in
human terms of the ways in
which economic pressures
have been and are still being
used to deprive persons of
the right to train for and pur-
sue their choice of livelihood
and to prevent them from the
exercise of their human and
civil rights;
Second, to refrain from any
action that uses economic
pressure or sanction to de-
prive persons of these rights
because of race, creed, or
color;
Third, to give voice, poth per-
sonally and through church
and other groups, in opposi-
tion to such practices where
they appear in one’s occu-
pation, economic group, local
community or our own
church-related institutions;
Fourth, to seek ways, jndivid-
ually or through group action,
to relieve or resolve tension
situations involving economic
discrimination based on race,
to support voluntary mutual
agreements, to jnitiate and
support legislation aimed at
preventing such discrimina-
tion in private as well as
public segments of the econ-
omy, and also to support
candidates for public office
at local, county, state and
Federal levels who will initi-
M. BOYDE PATRICK
PRESORI De:
BRIEF
MEDITATION
Re A
A SPIRITUAL
ACTIVE INGREDIENTS:
Falth:« Hope: Love Truth -Patlence > Wisdom
Courage: Humility: Kindness: Mercy
I will not fail thee, nor forsake
thee. Be strong and of a good
courage,—Joshua 1;5-6,
TODAY’S MESSAGE
Christ’s presence is promised
us. Let us cultivate it.
When Louis Agassiz taught at
Harvard, the senior students used
to say to the freshmen, “Stay
with the professor. Keep close to
him and he will show you some-
thing wonderful every minute.”
This is what must be said of
anyone who asks how he can
make God real, Cultivate friend-
ship with Christ, It is not an
easy thing to do. The cultivation
of friendship is an art. Cultivate
the friendship of Christ as you
would cultivate the friendship of
any other person, That is possi-
ble.
Charles E. Jefferson, who
preached the Gospel on Broadway
for many years, said, “For thirty
years Paul has been my favorite
hero. I feel I know Paul better
than I know any man who ever
lived.” He tells us how Paul and
he became friends. He tells us
that year after year he had made
Paul his daily companion; he had
read his letters; he had read
everything written about Paul
that he could find.
If we want to make God real, _
we must pay the price which all
true friendships exact. We must
practice His presence.
seas
Step softly under snow or rain,
To find the place™where™m«
can pray;
The way is all so very plain
That we may lose our way. ‘
—G. K. Chesterton ae
TODAY’S PRAYER :
Into the faithful hands of our
God we commit ourselves and our
loved ones now and always. Fa-
ther, let us be Thine and remain
Thine forever; through Jesus
Christ Thy son our Lord. Amen.
ate and support such legis-
lation;
Fifth, when other efforts to se-
cure these rights do not avail,
to support and participate in
economic pressures where
used in a gesponsible and
disciplined manner to elimi-
nate economic injustice and
to end discrimination against
any of God’s people based on
race, creed or national origin.
That, we urge all of our
churches and their members
to undertake repentently,
prayerfully and concretely to
fulfill these basic responsi-
bilities toward all people.
Sunset Vesper Service
Quadrennial—St. Louis
The Man and
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our own complacency. The chal-
lenge that faces African Method-
ism is a formidable one indeed
but not insurmountable. For
through the Pension Department
should come the type of overall
program that would give added
incentive to those young men
now contemplating the Christian
ministry as their life’s work.
a
The man to initiate such a pro- o
gram and give it the vitality to -
make it meaningful and purpose¢-
ful is the Rev. Dr. Roy L. Miller, =
the very capable pastor of Great-
er Institutional A. M. E. Church #e>
and able administrator. a
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A. M. E, CHRISTIAN RECORDER
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Man In The Pew
LAYMAN’S
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Biographical Sketch of R. H. Edwin Espy,
General Secretary-Elect of The NCC
Dr. R. H. Edwin Espy, of New
York City, was elected General
Secretary of the National Council
of Churches by the Council’s poli-
cy-making General Board at its
spring business meeting in New
York City, June 8, 1963. Dr. Espy
who will assume responsibilities of
the top executive post in the 31-
denomination Council on July 1,
1963, succeeds the Rev. Dr. Roy
G. Ross. Dr. Ross, who has been
Council General Secretary since
1954, will retire on June 30.
Dr. Espy, who is 54, has been
associate general secretary of the
National Council of Churches
since January 1, 1958. A Baptist,
Dr. Espy was elected as the Na-
tional Council’s second-ranking
administrator after three years as
If You Are a Weak
Layman, Your Chances
For Survival Are Very
Slim in The Church
By HERBERT L. FELIX
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
It pays a man or woman in
this world to talk about that
which he or she knows best. Hav-
ing been in the church from birth
until the present time, I BE-
LIEVE I know a LITTLE some-
thing about the general church.
. This short article is in the great
A. M. E. Recorder to help and not
to hurt a single reader. Yet, my
humble philosophy is my very
own, and I will defend it until
I am as stiff as a board!
What groups of people make
up the Lay Church? This partic-
ular question is really behind all
of the conflict that we have in
the church today. Kindly keep
in mind that I am talking about
the church in general and not
about the A. M. E. Church in par-
ticular. The laymen who work
in the church come from all types
of backgrounds. A lawyer and a
janitor may take up collection
together on Sundays. A doctor
and a teacher may serve as ush-
ers in the church side by side,
ete. The very second a layman
takes his daily occupation into
the church, TROUBLE IS INEVI-
TABLE!
Some laymen are HUNGRY
FOR RECOGNITION and try
desperately to get in the church.
THEY ARE SILENT ON THEIR
DAILY JOBS, BUT ARE LOUD
INDEED IN GOD’S CHURCH!
Any man or woman who sets his
or her mind -on recognition alone
in the church SHOULD NOT BE
IN THE CHURCH—PERIOD! Be-
cause of the various backgrounds
in the church, it is imperative
that the layman must be
STRONG INDEED.
Well, just what can the lay-
men do in order to protect them-
selves in their church work?
TRY THE FOLLOWING SUG-
GESTIONS: (1) Don’t associate
backgrounds with church work!
(2) Work sincerely in the church
without looking for HONOR or
PRAISE! (3) KEEP ON THE
LOOKOUT FOR THE DEVIL
AND CRITIC, etc. (4) Attend
church for SPIRITUAL FEL-
LOWSHIP and SINCERE WORK
rather than to be seen and ad-
ired by others! (5) PRAY EV-
SECOND!
associate executive secretary of
the Division of Christian Life and
Work. In that capacity he coordi-
nated programs of Christian so-
cial relations, international and
economic affairs, worship and the
arts, and other concerns of the
Council’s 34-member commun-
ions.
In his capacity as associate gen-
eral secretary of the National
Council of Churches, Dr. Espy has
had responsibility for the internal
operations of the Council and has
served as acting general secretary
during the absences of the gen-
eral secretary. He has been a
frequent speaker at assemblies
and conferences of denominations
and councils of churches and of-
ten is spokesman for the National
Council before other organiza-
tions.
A veteran of international
church conferences and world
traveler, Dr. Espy directed the
work of the National Student
YMCA for 11 years prior to com-
ing to the National Council. For
three years previously he was
general secretary to the Student
Volunteer Movement and for
three years before that executive
secretary of the first World Con-
ference of Christian Youth which
met in Amsterdam in 1939,
An authority on international
as well as national affairs, he was
a member from 1941-48 of the
Federal Council of Churches’
Commission on a Just and Dura-
ble Peace, and has had many
special ecumenical assignments
which have taken him to most
of the countries of Europe, in the
Near East, the Far East and to the
Soviet, Union. He was for 20 years
a member of the General Com-
mittee of the World’s Student
Christian Federation and made a
round-the-world tour in 1952-53
on behalf of the International
Committee of the YMCA.
Born in Portland, Oregon, Dr.
Espy is a graduate of the Uni-
versity of Redlands (Cal.) and
Union Theological Seminary, New
York City. He did three years
of post-graduate work in Ger-
many at the universities of Mu-
nich, Tuebingen and Heidelberg,
and received his Ph.D. from Yale
University. He holds an honor-
ary D.D. from Redlands.
From 1936-39, Dr. Espy was
world secretary of the Ecumeni-
cal Youth Commission of the
Universal Christian Council of
Life and Work and of the World
Alliance for International Friend-
ship Through the Churches. In
this capacity he was the first
American on the Geneva staff
of the Provisional Committee of
the World Council of Churches.
Dr. Espy was a staff member
of the Oxford Conference on
Church, Community and State,
the Edinburgh Conference on
Faith and Order, and the Am-
sterdam and Evanston assemblies
of the World Council of Churches.
He was the fraternal delegate of
the National Council of Churches
to the New Delhi Assembly of
the World Council. Following the
Assembly he visited the Soviet
Union to arrange for an exchange
of delegations between the
churches of the Soviet Union
and the National Council of
Churches, and was organizer and
Location of American
Negro Monuments
Ye Editor has always striven
to include features in the AME
Christian Recorder of interest and
information for its readers. For
the next few weeks we shall men-
tion a MONUMENT, somewhere
in the country to Negroes.
ILLINOIS
Chicago
DU SABLE MARKER, Michi-
gan Avenue Bridge. The first
building in the area that is now
Chicago was the home of a fur
trader and trapper named Jean
Baptiste Pointe Du Sable. (There
is some disagreement about the
proper spelling of his name.) It
was located on the site of what
is now the Mandel-Lear Build-
ing, just east of the Michigan
Avenue Bridge on the north bank
of the Chicago River.
Du Sable was a Negro from
San Domingo, married to a Pot-
awatamie Indian. The marriage
was recorded at Cahokia, Illinois,
in 1788. The earliest known ref-
erence to Du Sable is contained
in a report by a Tory colonel
dated 1779, but there are several
contemporary mentions and de-
scriptions of him and his home
after that date.
In addition to the Chicago
property, Du Sable is also known
to have owned a farm at Peoria,
Illinois, and property in St.
Charles, Missouri, where~his son
settled.
Du Sable seld his Chicago home
in 1796 and retired to live with
his son. He died in St. Charles
around 1814. His grave has not
been located. The site of the
trader’s home is indicated by a
plaque on the northeast approach
to the Michigan Avenue Bridge.
An earlier plaque is owned by
the Chicago Historical Society.
Another plaque commemorat-
ing Du Sable is in the lobby of
the Du Sable High School, 49th
and. State streets. A painting of
him hangs in the school’s library.
Provident Hospital and Training
School
5ist and Vincennes Avenue,
founded by Dr. Daniel Hale Wil-
liams as the first training school
for Negro nurses. Dr. Williams
performed the first successful
operation on the human heart in
1893 at Provident.
Underground Railway Marker
9955S. Beverly Avenue
Victory Monument, St. and South
Parkway.
This statue by Leonard Cru-
nelle is a memorial to the Negro
soldiers of Illinois who served in
World War I. It is located in the
middle of what was, in the 1920’s
Chicago’s famed Grand Boule-
vard.
Just opposite the statue is: the
Lake Meadows Shopping Center
and Housing Development. Two
blocks south is Ida B, Wells
Homes, named for the famed
civil-rights advocate, an (o Rees
quarter-mile east on 35th Street
are the monument and tomb of
Stephen» A. Douglas, who once
owned much of the land in the
area.
a member of the National Coun-
cil delegation to the Soviet Union
in the summer of 1962. He also
organized the return delegation
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The House of Happiness,
(Continued from Page 3)
eryone seemingly was elevated
as he delivered a well-prepared
report. Benjamin E, Broaden dis-
cussed from the topic “Condition
of Public Schools.” Dr. D. V.
Kyle, formerly Presiding Elder
of the Los Angeles District spoke
masterfully with power “What is
Wrong with the Church?”
Dr. Henry W. Murph, endorsed
candidate from his district, dis-
cussed “What is Right With The
Church?” from a rich and compe-
tent background of his pastoral
accomplishments at Grant AME
Church of South Los Angeles.
After the final report Rev. M. C.
Carter led the district in singing
“We're Marching To Zion.” There
were many praises of a highly
spirited meeting.
Announcements were made by
the host pastor, D. V. Kyle, “God
Be With You!” was sung, and
Benediction was given by Rev. B.
E. Jones.
Evening Service began at 8:00
p.m. with the processional by the
Bethel AME Church’s Choir, with
C. M. Carter presiding at the re-
quest of Presiding Elder X. C.
Runyon; Evangelist Lucy Minor
gave the Invocation. A condensed
form of the Decalogue was led by
Rev. H. L. Harden.
Chaplain C. R. Chambliss read
the scripture lesson and the well-
trained choir of Bethel furnished
the music. Rev. J. L. Boyd
preached from the theme “Divine
‘)Resources Accommodate Them-
selves to Opportunities that We
Create In Which Our Hearts were
Strangely Warm From a Seasoned
Preacher of God.”
Our visitors were presented by
P. E. as follows: Rev. L. W.
Knighten of Bethel, Monrovia,
Calif., Rev. Wallace R. Young of
Emmanuel, Los Angeles, Calif.;
William Crier of Los Angeles,
Calif; Rev. Jerry W. Ford of
Price Chapel, Los Angeles, Calif.;
and Rev. S. B. Washington,
Primm Tabernacle AME Church.
Dr. Jerry W. Ford spoke in be-
half of the visitors. The response
was given by Dr. H. W. Murph
of Grant AME Church.
Rev. X. C. Runyon instructed
thes ecretary, Benjamin E.
Broaden read ‘a telegram from El
Centro “We take this opportunity
to greet you while in our district
conference and to let you know
our prayers are with you and
trust that you will have a success-
ful conference.” A. K. Quinn,
Presiding Elder, Frank H. Mays,
sec’y and members of the Pasa-
dena District.
Yours in Christ,
Benjamin E. Broaden -
Rev. John S. Williams, Will Be
Directing Choirs At Quadrennial
St. Louis
ee
Pearson Chapel AME Church
Yanceyville, N. C.
Second Quarterly Conference
Our presiding elder brought us
a very uplifting message for the
morning worship. The business
session immediately followed in
the afternoon. The reports from
all boards were reported and in
good standing. Our presiding el-
der expressed his appreciation
for the very fine work that the
church is doing under the guid-
ance of our pastor. The amount
raised for this quarter $547.67.
Dr. D. Williamson, P. E.
Rev. J. E. Greene, Pastor
Mrs. Mary Stroud, Reporter
St. Stephen
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concluded the first two Quarter-
ly Conferences and who began
his 25th year of service as Dis-
trict Shepherd.
When the Rt. Rev. Sher-
man L. Greene’s visit: to St
Stephens was postponed, recently,
due to illness, he sent, as his
representative his son, Dr, Sher-
man L, Greene, Jr., who, to-
gether with Mrs. Greene, was —
guest of honor at a Spring Ban-
quet in the church’s dining hall
which was beautifully decorated
with spring greenery and
center-pieces, Pare
The program featured short
speeches and remarks from rep-
resentatives of the community in
business, education, the ministry,
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civic and fraternal affairs. Mayor
O. Allsbrook sent a letter o: .
gret of his inability to atte
Program guests were: Mr.
George Talley, acting Principal —
of Peabody Elementary School, |
who spoke on behalf of the city aes
schools. Significantly
Peabody School and St. Stephen
are linked together by ties of his-
tory, both sites being the gift of
the late philanthropist, George
Peabody, in honor of which the
school is named, oy
Miss E. Juliette Johnson greeted
the guests on behalf
Church. Greetings fr
Conference were tendered by,
three Presiding Elders, Drs. C. L. | a= :
Stephens, R. H. Green, and H.C, ~
Walker.
From the Ministerial Alliance,
the Inter-Faith Council, the
United Church Women, and the
Medical Profession came greet-
ings from Dr. S. J. Howie, Dr.
P. Irving Boone, Mrs. Eunice
Kirton and Dr. D. C. Roane, re- Bc
spectively.
Miss Angela Mallette, Messers
James McKellar and John Davis,
Jr., rendered solos. Mrs. B.C
Miller, president of the Sr. Mis-
sionary Society and wife of the
pastor, pinned corsages on the la-
dies. Dr. I. J. Miller was Master
of Ceremonies. ee
At the Sunday Services, Dr. S.
L. Greene, Jr.,
Mother’s Day Sermon after which
the oldest mothers were asked to
stand. Ages ranged downward
from 98 to 50.
delivered the —
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enough, —
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The Education Dept., under the ~ :
direction of Mr. Melvin Thomp-
son, and Mrs. Ann Wright, spon-
sored a “Recognition Hour,” Sun-
day, May 19th, for the Seniors
graduating from the local High
School.
The pastor delivered an able |
address, the subject, “Victory”
taken from the 13th Chapter of
the I Corinthians. The Seniors
conducted the Devotional period.
Among the 13 seniors, this year,
one has the honor of being the
Valedictorian of his class and, in
addition, has been offered Schol-
arships totaling almost $50,000.00.
Ernest Dicks, the winner, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dicks,
plans to accept the $10,000.00 of-
fered by Yale and to enter that
University this fall.
Mmes. Queenie Dixon, Super-
visor of the YPD, Ruth Worly,
Dora Harriott, and Eloise Pompey
assisted in serving a delicious
luncheon following the services.
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TReEWeDoO “Mees
By McCOY RANSOM
General Board of The National Council
Of Churches Meets in New York City
NEW YORK, N. Y—In a his-
toric two-and-a-half day session
June 6-8 at The Riverside Church
here, the 270-member policy-
making General Board of the
National Council of Churches
CALLED for immediate wide-
Seale action to swing the full
force of the church into the
struggle for racial justice, in-
viting Roman Catholic and
Jewish leaders to joint aetion
with Protestants against seg-
regation.
URGED in a separate action
Christian support of and par-
ticipation in “responsible and
disciplined” economic pres-
sures when necessary to
eliminate injustice based on
“face, creed, or national ori-
gin.”
DECLARED in a _ pronounce-
ment that the Bible should
not be used for devotional
purposes in public schools,
but that good teaching must
deal with information about
religion.
URGED in a pronouncement
Federal oversight of tele-
vision and radio networks,
opposing advertiser control
of program content and call-
ing for “drastic reduction” of
advertising time.
ADVOCATED in a pronounce-
ment the full participation of
women in economic life, with
job opportunities and work-
Oklahoma Speaks
(Continued from Page 3)
anybody that try to cover up the
facts. There are too many wrong
things being told and when it
come out we can’t hold our heads
up. Let us go to the Bible—Sin
came into the world because of
disobedience and continues to-
day, causing world chaos and our
own personal predicaments. God
has commanded us to love one
another, but we disobey Him. He
has commanded us as individual
Christians, and the Church as
such, to go into all the world and
preach the Gospel, but this is a
secondary interest, not a consum-
ing one, with most of us. To me
and many other A.M.E.s you will
find a big change in the work of
the church. Rev. G. W. Pointer
is working and asking you for
your vote that he may be elected
to the Department of Church Ex-
tension. Rey. Ben H. Hill ask you
for your vote that he may be
elected to the sacred office of
Bishop in this great church of
ours.
I am thinking of somewhere
I read in a book about disobedi-
ence, so I put it together in these
words: At the personal level we
Christians often live in disobedi-
ence to God’s specific demands on
us. We rationalize His commands
and equivocate in our reaction
ing conditions equal to men’s.
ELECTED a new general sec-
retary of the Council—Dr, R.
H, Edwin Espy, formerly as-
sociate general secretary—to
succeed the Rev. Dr. Roy G.
Ross who retires June 30.
HEARD retiring general secre-
tary Ross review 12 years of
ecumenical church life since
the National Council’s cre-
ation,
HONORED Dr, Ross at a dinner
attended by the top leader-
ship of the Council’s 31 con-
stituent churches,
COMMENDED to next Decem-
ber’s General Assembly and
its action a revised constitu-
tion which looks toward a re-
structuring of the Council.
LEARNED that President Ken-
nedy will address the Coun-
cil’s triennial General
Assembly next December in
Philadelphia.
HEARD a panel of distin-
guished foreign affairs ex-
perts review major issues in
foreign affairs.
APPROVED a proposed inter-
faith project for vocational
guidance in the public
schools,
The General Board will next
meet Oct. 17-18 in New York City
in a special session to consider
new constitutional by-laws in ac-
cordance with proposed struc-
tural changes in the Council.
ligation to obey God’s holy and
just commands? But this. is not
the problem of the average Chris-
tian. Our problem is the desire
to see the end from the begin-
ning. We believe God, his truth,
his Word. But only too often
obedience is held in reserve until
we think we can see farther down
the road. And in this reservation
and delay there is neither spirit-
ual blessing nor actual fulfill-
ment. To put it in the simplest
terms possible; faith, to be valid,
must be associated with obedi-
ence to God’s revealed will. This
does not mean obedience in all
of its perfection, for on this side
of eternity no man either has a
perfect faith or exercises perfect
obedience. But unquestionably
God expects of us a faith which
believes and an obedience which
complies without question. The
Gospel itself leads theology and
the Church to ask what this
means for their respective tasks.
What does it mean for the con-
fession and reflection regarding
man as the image of God, for
eschatology, for divine, election
(as over against determinism and
fatalism, with which it is often
confused, but with which it may
never be identified)? It is a good
time for both the Church and its
theology whenever they are forced
to see the relative character of
their speech. For them they rec-
to them so that with our lips we
draw near but in our hearts we
are far from him. Never forget,
the prayer of faith includes a
willingness to obey, and this is
not always easy. It is a lesson
hard to learn but one we must
not evade. Even our Lord, we are
told, divested himself of his in-
herent right as the Son and
learned . obedience by the
things which he suffered (Heb.
5:8). Paul tells us that the judg-
ment of God will fall on those
who “obey not the gospel of our
Lord” (II Thess. 1:8). Why
should anyone question man’s ob-
ognize that it is the Gospel alone
which never changes and that the
Church and its theology may not
stand in the way of the Gospel.
We are concerned with our limi-
tations and our stupidity and our
temptation to things that can get
in the way of and hide the light
of the Gospel.
So with all these facts you can
see why that we ask you to please
keep in mind the men that Okla-
homa send out for these high of-
fices. I do believe that with the
obedience of all mankind and the
understanding of all this will
come to pass,
| Pronouncement on
The Status of Women
By The National
Council of Churches
Because Christian faith and the
Christian heritage at its best in
history have led to elevating the
role and status of women, be-
cause the United Nations has
made significant strides in this
direction in a remarkably short
span of years, and because the
United States now faces new op-
portunities to cooperate with
other nations in these matters,
the General Board of the Nation-
al Council of Churches:
(1) Expresses strong support
for prompt presentation to and
ratification by the United States
Senate of the Convention on Con-
sent of Marriage, Minimum Age
for Marriage and Registration of
Marriage. caer
This Convention has been re-
ferred to the member govern-
ments of the United Nations. It
is now subject on the part of the
United States to consideration and
ratification by the United States
Senate. We see this Convention
as being in accord and not in con-
flict with the laws and finest tra-
ditions of our nation. We believe
it is consistent with Christian
principles and furthers the con-
cern of the Church throughout
the world to promote personal
dignity, human rights, and mu-
tual responsibility.
(2) Commends to the churches
in our constituency and to their
individual members further study
and action with regard to the
Convention on Consent to Mar-
riage and new initiatives of study
and. appropriate...action..on_ the
status of women, including such
concerns as the following:
1. the rights and responsibili-
ties of women in societies
which are becoming indus-
trialized;
. the Church’s ministry to
families and women to give
them appropriate and ade-
quate support in these chang-
ing new settings;
. full participation of women
in community and public
life;
. full participation in econom-
ic life with equal job oppor-
tunities and compensation
and equitable conditions of
work;
. full participation of women
in the life and work of the
Church;
. the need for increased op-
portunities in education and
training for women so they
can make their full contri-
bution to their families and
the societies in which they
live;
. laws which will recognize
the equality of men and
women in the family and in
society;
. rights and duties of parents
and the proper role of gov-
ernments and society amidst
the population explosion to
develop family planning and
responsible parenthood in
the best interests of mothers,
fathers, children, and society.
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For The (*) Quadrennial Meeting And
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Pronouncement on
The Churches and
(Continued from Page 6)
public schools, Christian nurture
and the development and prac-
tice of Christian worship are in-
escapable obligations of the con-
gregation and the family. We
warn the churches against the all-
too-human tendency to look to
the state and its agencies for
support in fulfilling the churches’
mission, Such a tendency endan-
gers both true religion and civil
liberties. At the same time, we
call the churches to renewed wor-
ship, study, work and sacrifice to
fulfill their mission as God’s peo-
ple in the world,
PLACE OF RELIGION IN
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
No person is truly educated for
life in the modern world who is
not aware of the vital part played
by religion in the shaping of our
history and culture, and of its
contemporary expressions. Infor-
mation about religion is an
essential part of many . school
subjects such as social studies,
literature and the arts. The con-
tributions of: religious leaders,
movements, and ideas should be
treated objectively and broadly
in any presentation of these sub-
jects. Public school administra-
tors and textbook producers are
to be commended for the progress
made to date in including objec-
tive information about religions
in various subject matter fields.
Teachers should be trained to
deal with the history, practices,
and characteristics of the various
religious groups with competence
and respect for diverse religious
convictions. Their greatest influ-
ence will be through the life and
attitudes they reflect in the class-
room. They should be free as per=|"~
sons to express their own convic-
tions in answer to direct questions
from pupils when appropriate to
the subject matter under study.
The full treatment of some
regular school subjects requires
the use of the Bible as a source
book. In such studies,—including
those related to character devel-
opment—the use of the Bible has
a valid educational purpose. But
neither true religion nor good
education is dependent upon the
devotional use of the Bible in the
public school program.
The Supreme Court of the
United States in the Regents’
Prayer case has ruled that “in
this country it is no part of the
business of government to com-
pose official prayers for any group
of the American people to recite
as part of a religious program
carried on by the government.”
We recognize the wisdom as well
as the authority of this ruling.
But whether prayers may be of-
fered at special occasions in the
public schools may well be left
to the judgment of the board re-
sponsible for the program of the
public schools in the local com-
munity.
While both our tradition and
the present temper of our nation
reflect a preponderant belief in
God as our Source and our Des-
tiny, nevertheless attempts to es-
tablish a “common core” of re-
ligious beliefs to be taught in
public schools have usually
proven unrealistic and unwise.
Major faith groups have not
agreed on a formulation of re-
ligious beliefs common to all.
Even if they had done so, such a
body of religious doctrine would
tend to become a substitute for
the more demanding commit-
ments of historic faiths.
Some religious holidays have
become so much a part of Ameri-
can culture that the public school
can scarcely ignore them. Any rec-
ognition of such holidays in the
public school should contribute
to better community understand-
ing and should in no way divert
the attention of pupils and the
community from the celebration
of these holidays in synagogues
and churches,
We express the conviction that
the First Amendment to our Con-
stitution in its present wording
has provided the framework with-
in which responsible citizens and
our courts have been able to af-
ford maximum protection for the
religious liberty of all our citi-
zens,
CHURCH SUPPORT OF
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
American public education
should have the full and conscien-
tious support of Christians and
Christian churches. Therefore, we
urge our constituency to continue
efforts to strengthen and improve
the American system of public
education through positive steps —
such as the following:
1. Providing intelligent appraisal
and responsible criticism of
_ programs of public education;
2. Keeping informed abo
needs. of the public school ‘
and studying issues related to
public education as a basis for
intelligent action as citizens;
3. Supporting able candidates for
boards of education and being |
willing to serve as members of
such boards; ei
Working at local, state, and —
national levels for improved
legislative and financial sup-
Emphasizing +o prospective
and present teachers the pro-
fession of public school teach-
ing as a vocation that is worthy
of the best service a Christian
can give;
Exploring cooperative arrange-
ments of the churches and
schools whereby the Church’s
teaching of religion may be
improved.
In American education, there
is a substantial inter-relation be-
tween primary, secondary and
higher education. 2
It needs to be stressed that, in a
a substantial majority of pub- =
licly-maintained institutions of
Higher Education, provision is of-
fered for the voluntary election of
courses in religion on a parity with
all other subjects of the curricu-
lum, and not infrequently for pub-
licly-supported chaplains and
other services of religion.
The question should be ex-
plored whether these arrange-
ments through which religious
instruction and services are pro-
vided within state institutions of
Higher Education without in-
fringement of law or offense to
individual conscience may not
offer suggestion for more ade-
quate provision within the public
schools of opportunities for the
study of religion where desired,.
fully within ‘the constitutional
guarantees of freedom of con-
science and of religious expres-
sion.
4.
5.
Resolution On The Churches |
And The Public Schools
Religious Liberty to testify at
legislative hearings in accordane'
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A M. E. CHRISTIAN RECORDER _
Tuesday, July 16, 1963 ‘
REV. MANSFIELD E. JACKSON
In loving memory of my broth-
er, Rev. Mansfield E. Jackson,
who departed this life June 25,
1962.
Sadly missed by his devoted
sister, Mrs. Mary Jackson Riley,
and brother-in-law, Prof. John
W. Riley, Tallahassee, Florida.
Mary Jackson Riley
Rev. John S. Williams, Will B
em a At Quadrennial
A Series of Statements
On Monrovia College,
West Africa
(Continued From Last Week)
Standard Nine—The Library
get hney 1959 report of Dr. John
"Little showed 2383 classified and
catalogued volumes in the Mon-
rovia College Library. Last year
under Dr. J. Benedict Mason’s
administration 83 volumes in-
cluding 12 volumes of World
Book Encyclopedia, as a result of
a $500.00 gift of books from the
Phelps-Stokes Fund through the
generosity of Dr. Frederick Pat-
tison, President, through the spe-
cial contact of Bishop D. H. Sims,
and President Mason’s follow-up
had been added.
President Mason, himself made
another gift of 75 books plus 10
Reader’s Digest. The Bureau of
Folkways of the Interior Depart-
ment contributed one volume,
and Mr. Nathaniel R. Richardson,
President of the Alumni Associa-
tion contributed one volume of
his recent book, Liberia Past and
Present.
Mr. Foday Massaquoi, United
Nations Traveling Teacher, do-
nated six United Nations books
to the Library. The “U. S. S.
Hermitage” on a recent visit to
Liberia in celebrating President
Tubman’s Birthday, gave to the
Monrovia College Library
through the Department of Pub-
lic Instruction (1 set) Ten Vol-
‘umes of The Book of Popular
Science. (1 set) Fifteen Volumes
of The Encyclopedia Americana,
and (1 set) Ten Volumes of The
Book of Knowledge. This brings
the total number of our books in
the Library up to (2584) and this
gives the library quite a recog-
nizable if not enviable position
among the libraries in the coun-
try. ;
The Library at the AME Mon-
rovia College, is named for Mrs.
Alma Polk, Connectional Presi-
dent of the Young People’s De-
partment of the AME Church,
who has done so very much to
bring it into existence.
The Library has space and fa-
cilities in the (annex) Reading
Room for accommodating 40 stu-
dents at a time with ease and in
comfort. The Library itself is
fireproof, but not the annex.
Work quarters are provided for
the staff in the bookroom. Circu-
lation figures are kept by means
of daily records.
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ers instruct their classes
‘For Such a Time As This|
REV. C. CLIFTON SANFORD
BETHEL A.M.E. CHURCH
18th & Shoppe Avenue
NEWC ASTLE, INDIANA
As we near the General
Conference the number of men
seeking Episcopal Honors grows
with ever increasing rapidity. Yet
sobriety or thought must be the
rule as we select those who shall
serve the church as Episcopal Fa-
thers.
Certainly it is a good thing for
men to seek this high office, yet
the church must be ever cog-
nizant of the fact that the role
she plays in the affairs of men,
and the hope that she must give
to a world so fraught with fear
and anxiety, makes it imperative
that the services of her most able
and dedicated sons be utilized to
the fullest extent.
With this thought in mind, it
is inevitable that at the forth-
coming General Conference the
Rev. H. N. Robinson, imminent
pastor of Ebenezer A. M. E,
Church, Detroit—The cathedral
of African Methodism, be ele-
vated to the Episcopacy of the
African Methodist Episcopal
Church. For the issues we face.
are gargantuan in proportion and
to meet them with resoluteness
and certitude we need men, giant
of heart, mind, and spirit.
draw
Here is such a man, who has
come “For Such a Time as This”—
big enough to lead — humble
enough to serve.
as to the use of the library. In
addition to this, Mr. Osborne K.
DR. J.
President, Monrovia AME College
And Industrial Training School,
Inc.
BENEDICT MASON
Diggs, Director of Libraries, R.
L., gave special lectures during
chapel hours in the appreciation,
care and use of the library. The
Library is open from Monday to
Friday every week from 2:30 p.
m. to 5:00 p.m. and on Saturdays
from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.
At the time about which I write
the amount of $210.00 was spent
as salary for the Acting Librar-
jan at the rate of $30.00 per
month, A student is granted a
$24.00 tuition scholarship to as-
sist in the Library science in the
United States, especially to serve
at Monrovia College.
* * *
Standard Ten—Physical Plant
And Equipment
*
The physical plant of the Mon-
rovia College and _ Industrial
Training School, Inc., is com-
prised of one building located on
Camp Johnson Road, Monrovia.
The building, named, Hatcher
Hall, was rebuilt during the ad-
ministration of Bishop and Mrs.
E. C. Hatcher, in 1953, when they
were assigned to preside over the
work of the 14th Episcopal Dis-
trict. During the 1952-56 Quad-
rennium, with the Rev. and Mrs.
John F. Little as President and
Registrar, and Bishop Hatcher, as
Bishop, the project was made pos-
Highlights of Greater
Mt. Zion AME Church, |
|Trenton, New Jersey
We, the members of Mt. Zion
Church, wish to thank Bishop
Baber for the return of our pas-
tor and wife, Rev. and Mrs. Gar-
Cla,
We are so glad to have good
sincere, and honest Christians as
leaders such as Rev. and Mrs,
Garcia, Rey. Garcia lives what he
preaches and that is what counts.
Our Women’s Day was a com-
plete success. History was made
on this day. Total amount raised
was $6,092.52,
Mrs. Betty Taylor was crowned
queen, She raised $1,100.00 with
her group. She was presented by
Mrs. Garcia from the Committee
of the Women’s Day a round trip
fare to the General Conference.
“REVIVAL MEETING”
Two weeks Revival Meeting
will be held at Greater Mt. Zion
A.M.E. Church, starting Sunday,
June 9th and continuing through
June 28rd.
The Rev. A. L. Williams, of
Bethel A.M.E. Church, Woodbury,
N. J. will be-the-Revivalist. He is
one of the few outstanding Gospel
preachers we have in the connec-
tion. It is without a doubt that
he is a man blessed with the true
spirit of the Lord.
“EXCHANGE SUNDAY”
Sunday, May 26,1963, was Ex-
change Sunday for the Council
of Churches of Greater Trenton.
Rev. Garcia was the speaker
at Calvary Baptist Church, Hope-
well, N. J. (white congregation),
and Rev. Curtis Hoffman was the
guest speaker at our church.
Both services were in the morn-
ing. Rev. Curtis Hoffman is the
pastor of Calvary Baptist Church,
Hopewell, N. J.
Rev. H. A. Garcia, Pastor
Miss Sarah Murphy, Reporter
sible through the joint contribu-
tion of the AME Church (USA),
the Liberia Annual Conference,
Liberian Government Subsidy
and private gifts.
The building is a two-story re-
inforced concrete structure, hav-
ing upstairs a rear porch to pro-
vide for entertainments, a library
(latter additions being) a Library
Reading Room on the left wing,
and a combination (science)
Chemistry, Biology and Physics
Department on the right wing, at
the front, a Teachers’ Lounge, a
Theology Room, a Mimeograph-
ing Room and a Vestibule.
The downstairs has six actual
classrooms, three rooms for the
Home Economics Department, one
Clinic, male and female toilets,
and auditorium to comfortably
seat 350 persons; and, on the right
side at the front, the Bishop’s and
President’s offices, and on the
left side at the front, the Bishop’s
and his Secretary’s offices, all
provided with private toilets.
There is a sizable vestibule upon
entering the building. The rear
of the building has a basement
with four rooms to house the
Industrial Arts Department.
The entire building stands
towering over the south side of
Monrovia and covers an area of
about 110’x 80’ front space, 110’-
x20’ back space, and is estimated
to cost about $150,000.00 ex-
cluding equipment and furniture,
and bids ‘fair’ in any land.
Regretably however, a year or
so ago, the entire building had
become woefully in need of re-
pairs. This is due possibly because
5% of the original cost of con-
struction for maintenance, had
not been allowed, which rendered
both Drs. Little and Mason a
great disadvantage, It took at
least twenty-five hundred to
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Sixteenth Episcopal
(Continued from Page 4)
From all appearances, the
Bishop was quite pleased with
the work these ministers and
their families are doing on this
most important mission field of
our great A.M.E. Church, New
churches and parsonages were
completed and dedicated in near-
ly every area of our 16th Dis-
trict, Our ery to the Missionary
Department of our church in the
United States of America is
“Come over into (Macedonia)
the 16th District and help us.”
We have accomplished much
with limited help from the Mis-
sionary Department of the AME
Church in the United States. Up
to December of last year (1962)
we have not been paid nine
months stipend for this quad-
rennium, and since January of
this year Dr. Clark, our Secretary
of Missions has not paid us any-
thing for stipends. Here is what
Bishop R. R. Wright had to say
about our stipends: ‘You will note
that I am sending you half for
the months of March and April,
total equivalent for one month.
The reason is that I have not re-
ceived from Dr. A. Chester Clark,
our Missionary Secretary the
checks for stipends due for Jan-
uary, February, March and April,
1963. I have received the full
amount which the Women’s Mis-
sionary Department usually sends
for current stipends. (and I still
quote Bishop R. R. Wright Jr.) “I
called Dr. Clark last week, re-
questing him to send by Special
Delivery the money due, so that
I might send it to you but I have
received no check, which of course
I regret.”
Can you see the plight of the
pastors and Missionary workers
in the 16th District of the Afri-
can Methodist Church?
Up to December of 1962, nine
months stipend has not been paid,
neither by the Women’s Mission-
ary Society in the United States
nor by Dr. A. Chester Clark our
Missionary Secretary, and now
Dr. Clark the Missionary Secre-
tary of the A.M.E. Church whom
we voted for in Los Angeles, Cali-
fornia, has paid us nothing for
January, February, March, April,
and May of this year 1963, and
I dare Dr. Clark, our Secretary of
Missions to refute these state-
ments.
I was ordained an Elder in the
Philadelphia Conference in May
1934, after graduating from the
Theological Seminary of Lincoln
University the same year, and
was asked by Bishop M. H. Davis
of sacred memory to come to the
16th District to succeed the Rev-
erend Phillip Van Putten, whom
he transferred to Haiti from Santo
Domingo. My wife and I pas-
tored six years in Santo Domingo,
from July 1934 to April 1940,
and in April 1940 to the present
time we are in the Virgin Islands
of the United States of America.
Never in my twenty-nine years
on the mission field of the 16th
District of the A.M.E. Church have
I seen the pastors and mission-
aries treated as badly as they are
treated now by the Missionary
Department of our great A.M.E.
Church, under Dr. Clark, our
Missionary Secretary.
We are appealing to our Bish-
ops, General Officers, Laymen, the
Brotherhood, the noble women of
our church, to help us in this our
time of need to get the Mission-
ary Department of the A.M.E.
Church to pay us our stipends
which they are wrongfully oe
ing from us.
The General Conference of 1960
Allen University’s Choir
(Continued from Page 9)
At the close of the program,
Professor Hunter asked that all
former students of Allen join the
Choir for the singing of the Alma
Mater, I saw many question
marks in the air! Ha! I was in-
deed happy to see some of my
dear friends from dear ALLEN
UNIVERSITY,
Drs. MILLER, READYE, and
BLAKE are to be congratulated
for making it possible that Allen's
great Choir could appear in Chi-
cago. Our A.M.E. Ministers in the
Chicago Conference have a loaded
schedule and they are doing a
magnificent job. But as Dr. ROY
L. MILLER said, “In order to
gain a friend, one must be a
friend.” THOSE A, M. E.s WHO
DESIRE TO SELECT ALLEN
UNIVERSITY AND SOUTH
CAROLINA AS THEIR ENE-
MIES, ARE DOOMED TO FAIL-
URE IN AFRICAN METHOD-
ISM!! (FELIX)
PS—Many congratulations to
Bishop Carey A. Gibbs and Pres-
‘ident Howard E. Wright for a job
well done in South Carolina and
at Allen U..—also a sincere tribute
to Editor George A. Singleton for
his magnificent coverage of South
Carolina in THE A.M.E. CHURCH
a
REVIEW!! ue
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Committee Making Mamm
To Entertain You oat wlth Tes s
Quadr drenial St. L
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Sunday School Lesson
(Continued from Page 9)
the Christian way. There is no
other way to please God.
_ Tuuncs To THINK ABOUT AND
Discuss
1. What led to Cain’s murder of
Abel? ane
2. Did God care for Cain? Give
reasons for your answer. —
3. Could Cain have~ ?
ing his brother? lf so, how? .~. .
4. What happened to Cain after
he murde s brother? —
5. Why should we care for others?
from Dr. Ralph Jackson, and this
is what he had to say, (quote) —
“We are enclosing a check to you
that represents an accumulation
of two years.
“Remember this check does not
mean that you will be receiving
this amount each quarter. This
amount is only for this time. We
will have to work on a formula
that will enable the Department
of Minimum Salary to arrive at
an equitable allocation for the
16th District.”
This letter was dated January
4, 1963, and so, for nearly three
years since the General Confer-
ence in Los Angeles 1960 in the
month of May, Dr. Ralph Jackson
paid $60.00 to each Presiding El-
der in the 16th Episcopal District,
and to the pastors $40.00 and
$30.00 as he saw fit, and this
amount is not for one month, but
for three years work. I wonder
how Dr. Jackson feels about it?
Our services to the church in
the eyes of Dr. Jackson is worth
$60.00 or $30.00 or $40.00 for three
years service in the AME.
Church.
Can anyone blame us if we are
discouraged as we are? Yes, we
are the forgotten District of the
A.M.E. Church in the eyes of
those whom we trusted, and are
supposed to be our guardians.
My son is finishing his second
year at Lincoln University, Pa.
and I do not know if he will be
able to return for the next school
year for lack of funds, and we
are still waiting for our stipends.
Yours for Christian Missions,
which met in Los Angeles, Cali-
fornia, voted that the 16th Dis-
trict and other Missionary Dis-
tricts should participate in the
Minimum Salary Fund. Up until
now we received one payment
David S. Williams
Pastor and Presiding Elder
Bethel A.M.E. Church
Christiansted St. Croix
U.S. Virgin Islands
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A. M. E. CHRISTIAN RECORDER
Payne Theological
(Continued from Page 1)
SRE |
DEAN CHARLES S. SPIVEY, JR.
Faculty members have served
many churches here and in Ber-
muda. They participate regularly
in campus and community activ-
ities. The Dean was elected to
the program committee of the
Division of Home Missions, N. C.
C. at its annual meeting, and the
Message Committee of the Tri-
te: ennial Assembly of the N. C. C.
He is a member of the Faith and
Order..Committee and Migrant
Ministry Committee of the Ohio
Council of Churches. During this
school year he has written and
presented several papers to
church and community county
groups. The generosity of many
ministers has made it possible to
_ present the program and needs
of Payne, the result of which has
been increased support for the
School.
Four students are candidates
for graduation. Two of these are
already serving churches. The
third has been promised a church
on graduation. The fourth, a Bap-
tist is experiencing some difficul-
ty in finding a church. At pres-
ent he is engaged in serving a
small mission organized by a
large Baptist church in a neigh-
boring community. One student,
a Middler has been employed
by the Migrant Ministry Commit-
tee. of the Ohio Council of
Churches to direct the Migrant
Ministry program in Ohio. An-
other will be employed in a Boy
Scout camp near Cleveland, Ohio.
All have enjoyed the benefit of
the interest and concern of the
Church. All things considered
this year has seen considerable
improvement and advance here
at Payne.
Serious problems remain to
challenge our best efforts and to
threaten the continued existence
of the school. The progress of
this year has come in spite of
the increasing magnitude of some
of them.
Every student enrolled receives
scholarship help. Four receive
full scholarship which include
room, board, tuition and books.
Most of the rest receive tuition
and books. Five receive tuition
and buy their books. In sum,
the Seminary received this year
less than $50.00 from student fees.
The contributions of interested in-
dividuals and congregations
helped meet part of this cost. Ev-
ery applicant for admission next
year seeks this same scholarship
help and more if possible.
That students will need assis-
tance is no new thing in educa-
tion. One factor involved in any
+|student’s choice of this school is
amount of aid he
receive. Some schools use
their student aid program as bait
the kind and
will
to attract students. There is no
way to reduce the cost of this
program, in fact cost will increase
as enrollment goes up.
The Seminary suffers from
other problems that undercut the
ello t ellence in its
service to the church, Some oi
this comes from the dead weight
of inertia in the Church. The
apathetic efforts to do anything
to support the Recruitment Sun-
day program is a good example.
Many ministers over 800%im fact,
received at least two mailings
with material for this Sunday.
Less than 5% replied. Attendance
at the Christian Education Insti-
tute mentioned above and held
April 19-20 came entirely from
Baptist Churches, not a _ single
AME Church sent people from
their church school in spite of
the fact that over 100 invitations
were sent to AME Churches
within driving distance of the
School.
The denomination itself seems
more concerned with other things
than with. the recruitment, train-
ing and preparation of persons
for its pulpits. Little more than
lip service is paid to academic
standards in Annual Conferences
where men are admitted or ex-
amined by Conference Commit-
tees. Seldom does the conference
require or encourage academic
competence of its candidates, re-
fusing them admission unless
they attend a college and Semi-
nary. Local congregations take
small interest in encouraging
their young people to prepare for
the ministry. The major concern
of ministers themselves seem to
be to acquire the title but none
of the training essential for the
ministry. Hence, every year the
effort to secure the honorary de-
gree of D.D. far exceeds the ef-
fort to attend classes, to study or
prepare for a better ministry or
to support and strengthen theo-
logical education in the Church.
On occasion pressure to secure
an honorary degree borders on
thinly veiled blackmail.
Some of the problems which
sap the strength of the Seminary
could be dispelled by prompt vig-
orous support of the institution
and the standards to which it
subscribed by those who profess
such deep concern for theological
education. Those who know that
the small enrollment here is due
to higher admission standards
adopted by the Payne Board and
encouraged by the General Board
of Education on occasion answer
criticism of this situation in apol-
ogetic or patronizing terms. The
Seminary is called upon to de-
fend itself against attacks on its
Budget and criticism of its ope-
ration which at best are ill ad-
vised and at worst are poorly dis-
guised efforts to destroy the ef-
fectiveness of the School.
to
For example, Payne is expected
to show cause why it ought be
continued in face of new denom-
national interest in I. T. C. in
| the line.o,
ment on Wednesday. Readi
Board of Trustees; Dean Charles
Atlanta. It would seem that Payne
had no right to exist, no reason
for continuing to work for ac-
creditation, or to expect the
church which established it to
provide an adequate budget for
its operation. This is far from the
truth.
Efforts continue, and will in-
crease in coming months to emas-
culate the allocation made to
Payne in favor of doing “some-
thing” at I. T. C. These efforts,
if successful will halt further
progress at Payne, and make it
impossible to maintain the gains
already made. What happens
when the AME Church abdicates
its responsibility to this Seminary
which contributes so richly to the
life and work of the AME Church,
is seldom asked or discussed.
The AME Church can ill af-
ford the luxury of indifference
and indecision in theological edu-
cation. The need for trained min-
isters is too great, the supply too
small. This Board is delegated,
by the very nature of its duties
and responsibilities, to call upon
the AME Church for full com-
plete support of theological edu-
cation as expressed in the life
and work of Payne Seminary.
This can be done in the follow-
ing ways:
1. Know and understand the
place and purpose of trained min-
istry and theological education in
the life and work of the Church
and the AME Church in particu-
lar.
2. Study and respond to ques-
tions raised about the need for
standards for the ministry and
the Seminary.
3. Speak clearly and positively
in favor of the program carried
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tin, Memphis, Tennessee, recipient of Doctor of Divinity
Bishop Joseph Gomez, Chairman of Payne Theological Seminary
Payne Theological Seminary heads and honoree prepare to join
f.march f ‘ilberforce University 105th Commence-
egree;
Spivey, head of Payne Seminary.
East Side School News
Miss Patricia Ann Newton, sen-
ior of East Side High School,
Tuckerman, Arkansas, won Dis-
trict 8th Scholarship Award. Pa-
tricia is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. McKinley Newton, Tucker-
man and is a member of St. Paul
AME Church of Tuckerman.
MISS PATRICIA ANN NEWTON
The scholarship was given by
District 8 Teacher’s Association
to the senior making the highest
score on a standardized Achieve-
ment Test. This was given in
Jonesboro, Arkansas.
Some of the eligible schools
were: Batesville, West Memphis,
Ark., Jonesboro, Newport, Au-
gusta, Parkin, Marked ‘Tree,
Blytheville, Cotton Plant, Wynne,
McCrory, and Osceola, Arkansas.
Each school was eligible for
two participants or ten per cent
of the graduating class.
Patricia plans to enter college
einer
A. M. E. CHURCH
SCHOOLS
WILBERFORCE UNIVERSITY
Wilberforce, Ohio
Ca-Educational
Accredited by the
North Central Association
Dr, Rembert E. Stokes, President
wo
ALLEN UNIVERSITY
Columbia, S. C.
Accredited by Department of Education
State of South Carolina
Accredited by Southern. Association
Secondary Schools and Colleges
H. E. Wright, President
MORRIS BROWN COLLEGE
Atlanta, Georgia
Co-Educational
Accredited by Southern Association
Secondary Schools and Colleges
Dr, Frank Cunningham, President
DANIEL PAYNE COLLEGE
Birmingham, Alabama
Co-Educational
Accredited, Southern Forensic Conf.
Dr. Howard D. Ayo President
“PAUL QUINN COLLEGE
Waco, Texas
Pips Co-Educational
Accredited Senior College
Texas Educational ency
Dr. John H. Adams, President
e
EDWARD WATERS COLLEGE
Jacksonville, Florida
Accredited Senior College
Dr. W. B. Stewart, President
e :
SHORTER COLLEGE 7
WN. Little Rock, Ark.
Accredited Junior College
. State of Arkansas
Dr. H. Solomon Hill, President Y
KITTRELL COLLEGE
Junior College
Kittrell, N. C.
. Cousin, President
CAMPBELL COLLEGE
Jackson, Miss.
Dr. R. M. Stevens, President
THE ABOVE INSTITUTIONS
er
Division of Health and Physical
Education
Division of Humanities
Division of Natural Sciences and
Mathematics
Division of Social Sciences
Division of Teacher Education
Liberal Arts
Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Divinity.
Bachelor of Science in Home
x
Courses in Music, Piano and Voice °
For information write Registrar’s Office
Sunset Vesper Service
Quadrennial—St. Louis
A Series of Statements
(Continued from Page 12)
three thousand dollars for com-
pulsory repairs.
In addition to the above, the
school is located in an unsatis-
factory environment for a school,
which necessitated the provision
of a fence around the college, for
several reasons:
1. To have better control over
and provide better discipline for
the students, especially during
the recess periods.
2. To reduce or curb vandalism
on the property caused by inces-
sant ball-playing, especially by
outsiders.
3. And for health and sanitary =
purposes.
4, Finally, to provide some
aesthetic beauty, privacy and
necessary decency. ;
This project was made to the
Trustee Board, which approved
it, as least in principle. It costs
$8,000.00 for fencing and land-
scaping.
this fall and will major in Pre-
Medicine. She also ranked in the
90 per cent group of the nation
of the Preliminary Scholastic Ap-
titude Test (PSAT), Princeton,
New Jersey. This test is given
to seniors from over the U.S.A.
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Bethel AME Church
GREENWICH, CONN
Little Bethel AME Church, 42
Lake Avenue, Greenwich, Conn.,
W. Clark Wills
(Ultimus Romanorium)
By E. PAUL BEAVERS
is moving on since our beloved
Bishop sent the Rev. Forrest H.
Worten, Sr., to be our pastor,
During this year, the church
raised over $13,000.00, and paid
off all of the bills. There was a
lot of work completed and paid
W. CLARK WILLS
With dignity befitting his of-
fice, and solemnity ever replete
in the proper exercise of African
Methodist Episcopal Church Lit-
urgy and Litany for the dead—
veteran soldier of the Cross—W.
Clark Wills’ mortal remains were
given back to mother earth—from
which it was taken — “Dust to
dust”, returned—one of the in-
vexercises of Divine
equity and justice—But the “spir-
it”—-which gave meaning validity,
and personality to the one more
intimately known as “W. Clark
Wills’—“Returned to the God
who gave it.”
The good Rev. was unique
among his brethren; more or less
a disciple of the “old school—”
one of the “last of the Romans”
(Ultimus Romanorum)! A pos-
sessor of exemplary academic
achievements, certainly. But,
more significantly, his was a hap-
py blend of virtues, some of
“Which were things not exactly
of the “text-books.” Wills had
COURAGE and MANLINESS—
~~. which at times, stood him, much
as a towering mountain-peak,—
over the statures of lesser con-
temporaries. This “basic” re-
mained with W. Clark Wills.
Neither training nor experience
of the years, eroded, or dulled the
lustre of this “manhood stuff.”
Never did he bring to it an over-
gloss of “useful” and “diplomat-
ic” urbanity. He was REAL, if
not always “REGULAR!’ How
much this disputed virtue of his
might have tipped the scales
against increased honors and OP=
PORTUNITIES—I dare not con-
jecture. No one should! We have
enough of “indictments by sup-
position.” all without “documen-
tation.” But we do know this
“sinister thing” is among us, a
force to contend with. Be it as it
might have been—W. Clark Wills
paid the price, whatever for the
maintainence of self—“fit to live
with.” “Ecce homo!”
The “din and racket” of life,
is over for him. And the circum-
ference and scope of the impact
of his dynamic living, might have
been somewhat indicated in the
“mourners at his bier.” From all
over the “Thirteenth” (his adop-
ted ministerial area)—came fel-
low-clergyman to pay tribute to
_ his passing, and to show respect,
and proffer sympathetic senti-
ments to his widow and bereaved
family. His BISHOP, the Rt. Rev.
E. L. Hickman, of Detroit resi-
dency, was very much present.
General Officers, Drs. Sherman
L. Greene, (Educational Institu-
tions). E. A. Selby (Sunday
School Union; B. J. Nolen (AME
Christian Recorder), and Andrew
White, (Religious Literature)—
who spoke for the core—all were
in attendance. Lest, I forget, Dr.
Spivey, Sr., (Religious Literature
—Editor.)
Most of the Presiding Elders
were present and represented.
(Continued on Page 15)
for this conference year. We had
both the church and parsonage
plumbing work complete and
paid for. We have had the stoves
repaired and paid for, we have
added new gutters to the church,
we had the organ repaired, new
carpet on the stairway of the par-
sonage, new cover for the com-
munion table, cross, vases and
candle holders for the commun-
ion table that were given to the
church by the pastor,
Bethel was the first in the
New England conference to pay
their budget. Bethel was the first
to have an alternate delegate to
the Missionary Quadrennial, and
the Y.P.D.s are working to send
our alternate delegate to St. Louis,
Mo., in July. Our Senior Mission-
aries are working that they may
be able to attend also.
We were host to the District
conference of the Springfield-Dits=
trict, under the direction of our
presiding elder, Dr. S. P. Perry,
and they were able to raise more
money than they have for many
years for the care of our pre-
siding elder. This was last Octo-
ber.
The trustees spent this confer-
ence year a total of $8,000.00, and
the stewards a total of $5,000.00.
Rev. Worten had. planned so
far ahead that the church has re-
ceived and paid for their envel-
opes for the year of 1964. All or-
ganizations have money in their
treasuries, and there is peace and
harmony in the church as their
pastor led them.
Our Annual Men’s Day, we had
the former pastor, the Rev.
John Lee, of Amityville, L. T..
N.Y., as the guest speaker, and
the men raised $750.00. We had
Donation Dinner and we raised
over $1600.00, in February, and
for Women’s Day last October 28,
we raised over $1200.00.
Rev. Worten has worked in the
community with the ministers of
the community of Greenwich,
and has been placed on other
committees. There is one com-
mittee that he worked on that is
calledyesiDhe..Brotherhood Com-
mittee of Greenwich,” that helps
to solve all problems that may
arise concerning segregation of
housing, employment, and other
problems.
Little Bethel AME Church is
moving on, and may the Lord
bless this great historical church.
Yours in Christ,
Rev. Louis H. Worten, Jr.
a
The Church Sails Aqain To St. Louis
For The (*) Quadrennial Meeting And
Will Pause At The Garden For
A Solemn Communion Service
Tavlors Chanel
AME Church
BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY
The 3rd Quarterly Conference
of Taylors Chapel AME Church
was held May 18-19, 1963.
The business session was held
Saturday, May 18, at 8:00 p.m.
Total amount raised this quarter
was $2,885.27. One death was re-
ported. Five members have been
added to the church. Seven were
baptized on Easter Sunday.
On Sunday morning, May 19th,
services were opened with our
three choirs in their proper places.
The call to worship was given by
Rev. Stokes. Following the regu-
lar Devotional services, the Altar
Call was given by the Pas-
tor. Musical selections were ren-
dered by the choirs. The Presid-
ing Elder, Rev. Russell gave a
fine and most accomplished pas-
tor. Much could be said about the
royal and outstanding way in
which the District Conference
was entertained by him, his loy-
al membership and the commun-
ity at large. They have completed
and equipped a church edifice
costing fifty thousand dollars, it
is built of the most modern ar-
chitectual style of any in the
Central Alabama Conference re-
gardless of denomination.
Summary of the Schedule and
Features of The Program:
Wednesday evening marked the
beginning of a most marvelous
ending, Rev. Elijah Black, one of
our young dynamic preachers
brought the message which was
most inspiring to all.
On Thursday in the morning,
Institute Study, Dr. A. E. Wil-
liams, presiding, subject: “Stew-
ardship, Giving and Serving.” Dr.
H. O. Swanson opened the. dis-
cussion throwing much light on
same. The annual sermon was de-
livered by Dr. J. J. Tipton, quite
thoughtful and inspiring was the
discourse.
In the afternoon the pastors
gave their reports, all of which
were one hundred percent. “Pres-=
ent and future conditions of the
AME Church” was discussed by
Dr. A. E. Williams, and lay stew-
ards to the District Conference,
much information was _ given
provoking thought towards more
loyal needs to support our Zion.
In the evening sermon by Rev.
G. W. Williams, the sermon was
full of prophetic warning and|
pastoral advice about many pres-|
ent day issues, all were lifted to
higher spiritual insight of the
most valuable things in life.
Rev. John 3. Williams, Will Be
Directing Choirs’ At Quadrennial
__ St. Louis
The Reverend John
E. Bradford, Deceased
By GEORGE A. SINGLETON
He was born August 4, 1901 at
Winfield, Kansas, was well-
trained, and made an excellent
contribution as a Minister of the
Gospel. Gregg Tabernacle, Kan-
sas City was founded by him; the
new locatiorr for St. Mark, Mil-
waukee, Wisconsin was purchased
under his leadership, and a nice
parsonage. He served there nearly
fourteen years, after having been
a Presiding Elder in Indiana the
same number. A few months ago
he was returned to the Presiding
Eldership of the North District,
the Indiana Conference.
On May 18, he passed with a
heart attack at Marion. His fun-
eral services were conducted May
23, Allen Chapel, Terre Haute,
the Rev. John E. Hunter presided
and the Eulogy was presented by
Bishop Joseph Gomez. The ser-
vice was largely attended, and
many were present from over the
Fourth District.
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very impressive and up-lifting
sermon,
We thank Bishop Hickman for
sending Rev. Russell back to us,
and for sending us our pastor,
Rev. Stokes. We are working hard
remodeling our church.
Our friends are cordially in-
vited to attend the Sunday School
Convention and District Confer-
ence at Taylor Chapel A. M. E.
Church, June 25-27.
Rey. R. S. Stokes, Pastor
Rev. E. Russell, Presiding El-
der
Mrs, Birdie G. Buford;
Reporter
A. M. E. CHRISTIAN RECORDER ;
; - nn 2 oA Tuesday, July 16, 1963 wos
3 :
IT CAME TO PASS Events and Personalities |Rey, Wm. H. Jenkins .
Recently under the jurisdiction (Continued from Page 2) (Continued from Page 6) 2
of the Central Alabama Confer-|cate her cause against the op-|ceeded in winning many friends
ence another District Conference| pressor; But regards to the tens|in Chicago and vicinity through
agendum was most profoundly|of thousands of wrongs of the|the Churches where they have
staged at the Smith Memorial|American Negro, you enforce the| served. Two new brick parson-
AME Church, Mobile, Alabama, | strictest silence, and would hail] ages, air-conditioned, and a new ,
of which Rev. D. J, Smith is the/him as an enemy of the nation] brick church at a cost of over hy
who dares to make those wrongs] $250,000. stands today as a monu-
the subject of public discourse.| ment and a credit to the African
_We may observe what sounds
like a loud contemporary epitome,
are the echo of many hearts and|™&"ts,
minds, There is a margin of par-
allelism in the behaviour of the
governing heads of the states
Methodist Episcopal Church, «
Because of these accomplish-
along with many others,
a group of business and profes-
sional people who are friends to
this minister and his wife, organ-
during this pre-civil war period ized themselves into a committee
and the present days’ evil drama
—playing to a world’s audience,
advertised free by seventy na-|4e? Youth Center,
tions who at one time held re-
spect for the word “Democracy”.
to sponsor a banquet in their
honor, to be held in Harvey Wal-
4017 South
Drexel Blvd., Tuesday, May 28th
at 6:00 o’clock P.M. The menu is
South Carolina, Virginia, Geor- Turkey Dinner—donations $10.00
gia, Alabama, Mississippi and} P¢? plate for each person attend-
Louisiana passed laws voiding|ing the affair that evening, Sev-
the rights of citizenship to the eral dignitaries of our Church sisal
“freedmen,” restricting their|and state will be present for this ee ;
travel, and taking away the priv-| occasion.
ilege to hold, or work on cer-| The Harvey Walden Youth
tain type jobs. Our contemporary |Center, where the banquet will
drama or infringement upon the|be held, was built by Dr, Harvey r f
holy rights of one of God’s| Walden, pastor of Greater Mem-
Creations, where he stand on the| 0rial A. M. E. Church in Chicago.
marble steps of Capitol Build-|He is a master builder—financier
ings and promise the world free-| and Chairman of the Episcopal >
dom from oppression; and we go| Committee of General Conference i
behind the Capitol Building and|of the A.ME. Church. He is a
train fierce hounds to destroy| giant in his day. Nothing in Chicane
human will, and to act as instru-|cago will excel the Harvey W
ments for the perpetuation of|den Youth Center in real beau
servitude and restraint. As..we{and attractiveness. It is not only
come.down into tomorrow’s his-
a credit to the African Methodist
tory, who will believe our re-|Episcopal Church, but to the city —
port?”
One of the great fallacies of
our era is our tendency to forge
the Prima Facto conditions of
our society. The first condition is
that the conscious personality
must keep the subconscious un-
derworld of the Pysche under
of Chicago. : te
There is another Youth Center
| on the North side of Chicago built
by Dr. John S. Drake, pastor of
Wayman A.M.E. Church. This
project is also meeting a definite
need in the community where the —
Church is located.
the will’s and reason’s control, The} A few flowers while we live are
second condition is that it must| better than a train load when we
also contrive to dwell together | are dead
i i i 5 jlliam H. Jenkins,
in unity with the other conscious Rev. Wi
personalities with which it has Pastor, Allen Chapel A.M.E.
to dwell together on some terms Church ockford, Ill. a
or other in the mortal life of a Home Address: 1648—South =
Homo Sapiens who was a social Park Avenue, Chicago 19, Bore
animal before he was a human Ilinois, Stewart 3-3712 :
being, and a sexual organism be- Sanne eet or ouis ‘ ae
fore he was a social animal. These ES
two necessary conditions for the Outdoor Tips
exercise of freedom are actually (Continued from Page 6) :
inseparable from one another;|ton (2) Toss the grill from an
for, if it is true that when knaves} 9jq oven in your car trunk for a
fall out honest men come by their good campfire grill. ~ (3) Rub
own, it is no less true that, when] cheljs that don’t eject from your
persons fall out, the subconscious] gyn with a candle. (4) Fill egg
psyche escapes from the control] cartons with charcoal and soak
of each and all of them. in paraffin. A match lights the
One of our New York news-| fire. :
papers have truly said, “For ON AND OFF SINKER :
America, this is surely the era of Attach sinkers with a pipe
Negro passion. The most moving cleaner cut in half and you can
voices are now those of Negroes.| twist em on and off in less time
The most searing lasting words| than it takes to tell it.
are put on paper by Negro writ- COMB YOUR SIGHTS
ers. Their music is the American] A quick way to experiment
Music and most penetrating and| with raising the comb on the
persuasive to other parts of the| stock of your shotgun is to cut
world. No cause is so fundamen-|the toe off the tip section of a
tal to the health and integrity of] heavy woolen stocking and slip
this society as the Negro cause.|it over the stock. Sock’s bulk
Of no other leaders are so much] lifts your cheek a slight bit
stamina and courage demanded|higher, may put your eyes in iS
as are now required of Negro| exactly the right spot to improve
leaders.” Now, what shall we} your shooting.
sing for the Fourth of July, in the SUNFLOWER BAITBOX
year of our Lord, nineteen hun-| If you’ll check out Sunflowers
dred and sixty-three. Will it be] later on in the season, you'll find
“Q Say Can You See,” for the] an inch-long light- colored worm
world is most surely looking;]inside the seed part. Good bait
maybe “America,”—“And Crown| for bream and other panfish.
Thy Good With Brotherhood” if COOL VACANT CABINS ;
this be sung, Russia will laugh.| A clever way to keep hot sun
Down in Durham, Birmingham,|from cooking up a vacant cabin
Nashville, Knoxville and Missis-|or trailer is to tack aluminum
sippi someone will be singing/foil at the windows. Shiny sur-
“Tye Been In The Storm, I’m New] face throws the sun’s rays away,
Born Again, I’ve had A Hard] prevents temperatures from ris-
Time, Talking About My Trials] ing in interior.
Here Below.” He that shall be
Free indeed must first free his
mind.
PROTOCOL—The first rule of
CUT-RATE MATCHES ;
If you cut the stems from a
matches, you can carry twice as
many in your waterproof match
any body is to learn the laws | container.
governing the body, and then
to adhere to the laws governing
the body.
(Try for a $50 prize. Send your
tip to A.A. Contest, Sports Afield, 3
959 8th Ave., New York 19, N.Y.)
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Tuesday, July 16, 1963
Quarterly Conferences
_ Gates Chapel AME Church
_ Crossett, Arkansas
Third Quarterly Conference
The third quarterly conference
_ was held June 9-10, 1963, This
was a wonderful quarter as usual
with wonderful success from ev-
ery angle. The presiding elder
preached at the morning worship
and three persons united with the
church. At the evening worship
a program “This is Your Life”
was presented honoring the Rev.
S. A. Tucker, a retired Minister
of the South Arkansas Confer-
ence, he received many gifts.
On Monday evening the re-
ports were very good and showed
raised during the quarterly con-
ference $481.41 and raised during
the quarter, Stewards, $3,286.20.
_ Trustees $1,685.30 for a total of
$$,971.50. Converts for the quar-
ter 13, persons joined the church,
15, Marriages 1, deaths 2.
_ The church continues to grow
under the splendid leadership of
‘Rey. and Mrs. H. D. Brookins, it
has purchased a parking lot this
now has greater hold-
in Sana estate than any
church among the colored peo-
ple of the town.
Re . D. Brookins, Pastor
. Muldrow, P. E.
Evans, Reporter
a
on Chapel
Church
2 LIS +
Third Quarterly Conference
The presiding elder held one of
e best business sessions ever
A, at Jefferson Chapel.
_ On Sunday morning :00 a.m.
he preached to us an inspiring
message. The Sunday School at
- 9:30 a.m. Morning worship at
“1100 am...Our total amount
raised this quarter $433.73. Rev.
Fred Williams, pastor of Pine
_ Ridge Circuit visited with us.
cadena © oF D. Watkins, PR
sev. H, Jones, Pastor
Bro. C. B. Fitzgerald,
Rocky Hill AME Church
Amite, Louisiana oan
Second Quarterly Conference
All boards, commissions and
organizations made excellent re-
, . We the members of Rocky
- Hill extend our greatest appre-
ciation for our pastor’s leader-
ship. The presiding elder
preached a very forceful sermon.
‘ He also conducted the business of
the conference in a dignified
manner, All reports of various
boards were exhibited and some
received varying degrees. The
presiding elder was paid his full
4 pala
‘Dr. M. J. Black, Sr., P. E.
Rey. H. A. Belin, Sr., Pastor
Mrs. Mildred Topps, Reporter
The Pastor as a Counselor
A. M. E. CHRISTIAN RECORDER
Bethel AME Church
Pittsview, Alabama
Second Quarterly Conference
The conference opened with
love-feast and business session,
in which all reports were made.
The session continued through
Sunday with Sunday School at
9:30 and at noon a soul-stirring
sermon which was enjoyed by
everyone was delivered by the
presiding elder. The presiding el-
der congratulated the officers
and members for the way they
had carried on, afterwards stat-
ing that the conference had re-
minded him of’ the older days.
The presiding elder’s assessments
were paid in full.
Dr. L. F. Fortson, P. E.
Rev. E. D. Phillips, Pastor
Mrs. E. H. Davis, Reporter
Shady Grove AME Church
Shelburn, Louisiana
Second Quarterly Conference
On Saturday evening the busi-
ness session was held. On Sun-
day the presiding elder preached
a most inspiring sermon. The
Holy Spirit prevailed through the
service e. The presiding elder
praised. the yj r and members|
for a full report. During we
quarter more than $200.00 was
raised, and three members added.
The members are pleased to work
since their church has been re-
built. We were pleased to have
Rev. J. H. Bunn with us during
the»session. Under the leadership
of our pastor and presiding eluc.,
Shady Grove is moving forward.
Dr. G. C. Borroum, P. E.
Rev. E. R. Hutchinson, Pastor
C. C. Hutchinson, Reporter
Pleasant Grove Circuit
Mt. Salem AME Church
Liberty, Miss.
Third Quarterly Conference
The business session was well
attended. All boards and classes
reperted one hundred per cent.
The presiding elder spoke en-
couraging words to the confer-
ence. On Sunday morning the
presiding elder reviewed the
Sunday School lesson at the 11:00
worship service. He preached an
inspiring sermon. Communion
was given at the closing of the
services.
Dr. L. A. Carpenter, P. E.
Rev. Isiah Anderson, Pastor
Mrs. Estella S. Crossley, Re-
porter
Rev. John 8. Williams, Will Be
Directing Choirs At Quadrennial
St. Louis
Biographical Sketch
(Continued from Page 10)
of the Russian churchmen to the
United States in 1963, He was
staff coordinator of the negotia
tions which led to the placement
of the first Protestant chaplain
to Americans and other English-
speaking persons in Moscow in
November, 1962. In the spring of
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In Achievements
At St. John, Birmingham
DR. CORNELIUS E. THOMAS
Pastor, St. John AME Church
BIRMINGHAM, MA
Editor Nolen calls attention to
another of the most accomplished
and prepared of the AME minis-
try, in the person of Dr. C. E.
Thomas, pastor of Saint John A.
M. &. Claus chi, i.
bama, who has been the accepta-
ble and scholarly pastor for ten
or more years.
Prior to his pastorate of St.
John, it was widely recognized as
the” “White Elephant” of the
Ninth Episcopal District,
finding a man cqual to a mos
frightful task, as a sore difficulty.
The enormous indebtedness, the
|incompletion of the church which
had been built in stages for years,
the un esomeness of the
church, all made for a seeming
hopeless proposition, and al-
though considered the first
church of the district, few minis-
ters expressed any di go-
ing there. = ae va
However, young «c. # pas-
toring and building not too dis-
achievemenis.by leaps
bounds, was drafted to walk
where strong men fear to tread.
He moved in, saw, and conquered;
recognizing all that he saw but
challenges to his prowess and re-
ligious and scholarly craft: and
am, Ala-
and
*
1963 he made an extended trip
to six Near Eastern countries for
a first-hand study of the Ancient
Eastern Churches.
Dr, Espy has taught in the field
of religion and higher education
at Yale University Divinity School
and Union and Drew Theological
Seminaries, and has lectured ex-
tensively at other institutions. A
Fell f the Soci Religior
in Higher Education, he is the
author of “The Religion of Col-
lege Teachers,” published in 1951,
and of numerous articles in re-
ligious publications
A member of the American
Baptist Convention, Dr. Espy
served as a deacon of The Riv-
erside Church, New York City,
a Director of Union Theological
Seminary, a Curator of Stephens
College, Columbia, Missouri, and
la member of the National Coun
\cil of the National Planning As-
sociation
Bishop Primm, Dr, Blakely And
Committee Mating Mammoth Plans
To Entertain You At Women's
Quadrennial—St. Louis
W. Clark Wills
(Continued from Page 14)
Bishop Hickman, the official
eulogist—noted that “ETGHT
eulogies” had preceeded his—rTren-
dered a most timely and befitting
“climax” to the unusual “pro-
fundity” of evlogistic sentiments
Certainly, we pray God's mer-
cles and blessings upon the survi-
vors—the faithful and helpful
WIDOW, in particular
FE. Paul Beavers
Providence, Memphis, Tenn
Fifteen
immediately sounded the alarm The Reverend John
that, “St John was ready to
march.”
During these fruitful years, his
achievements have been momen-
tous, fascinating and most suc-
cessful in many ways; and what
was usually a dismal house and
block of weekly inactivity and
merely Sunday-going worship
place, became one of Birming-
ham’s most daily bee-hive sta-
tions, of activity, and it’s influence
and effect ramify and permeate
the entire city church life.
First of all, Dr. Thomas is noted
for theological and sermonic
prowess, being one of the great
preachers, not only of Birming-
ham, but of the entire African
Methodist Episcopal Church. He
further enjoys the respect of the
leadership of church and state in
his state and city. He is thought-
ful, logical and man of strong
convictions, and fears not men
or things in expressing himself.
He is blessed with a lovely and
accomplished family.
Among his accomplishments
are: the total liquidation of the
$23,000 mortgage on the church,
plus $10,000 and more of other
nagging and scattered debts. He
has completely renovated the
Church and parsc Installed
new pews and
public address system. He has or-
ganized a successful Federal
Credit Union; organized the Be-
nevolent Society, purchased
church Station Wagon. Operates
a thriving Kindergarten and Day
Nursery. He has taken into &
John’s surging membership mo
than 200 enthused and active
new members.
Dr. “C. E.” is affiliated with
numerous civic and social agen-
cies of the city | state; among
them is that . YMCA, Ad-
visory Board of the-€itizen Fed-
eral Saving Loan Association,
Ministerial Alliances . of City;
Council of Churches, and many
other relationships, which require
his attention and brilliant mind.
Editor Nolen, Dr. David Brown,
who was a recent guest preacher
for Dr. Thomas, salute him as one
of the finest friends and achievers To
of the ream — : nt tira ’ %
ANNOUNCEMENT |
Eighth Biennial Meeting
Laymen’s Organization, A. M. E. Church
The Fighth Biennial Meeting of
ethodist
‘th. 1963.
Organization of the African
Michigan, August 5th thru 1
At all the
(Continued from Page 14)
The writer and the deceased
brother were intimate friends.
Several times he was invited to
worship with him at Milwaukee,
Wisconsin. At the meeting of the
Council of Bishops, Houston,
Texas we were together. He has
‘crossed the mystic stream,’ and
there is profound sympathy to
his mother, Mrs. Mattie Bradford,
his dear wife, Geraldine, brother,
relatives, and friends. He was
buried at his home city, and may
God bless the memory of him who
is now eternal.
‘HE IS NOT DEAD”
I CANNOT SAY, and I will not
say
That he is dead. He is just away.
With a cheery smile, and a wave
of his hand,
He has wandered into an un-
known land
And left us dreaming how very
fair
It needs must be, since he lin-
gers there.
He is not dead—he is just away.”
: —James W. Riley
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Rev. John S. Williams, Will Be
Choirs At Quadrennial
St. Louis
carpeting,» and) Lengthening
(Continued from Page 6)
“So shall it be that when I stand "=
on that next planet’s ruddy
shimmering strand, I shall not
seem a pert and forward child,
seeking to dabble in obtruser
lore, with alphabet un
who in disguise retur
his primer vet t6 pour.
‘THOSE EXAMINERS, ALL
AND MILD, WILL
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CONFERENCE
SCHEDULE
_ FIRST EPISCOPAL DISTRICT
RT. REV. GEORGE W. BABER,
D.D., LL.D., Presiding Bishop
Youth Congress
August 7-8-9, 1963
St. James A.M-E. Church, New York
and Artic Aves., Atlantic City, N. J.
Rev. H. A. Hildebrand, Pastor
1253 Monroe Ave., Atlantic City, N. J.
Phones: Church 345-0783;
Pastor 345-3465
Rt Rev. George W. Baber, D.D.,
L.L.D., Presiding Bishop
Rev. A. H. Armster, D.D., Host P. E.
FOR SPECIAL ATTENTION
Our Good Missionary Conference
Branches will render services one night
during each Conference with emphasis
upon the Women of the Bible < during
the time of Pentecost. Mrs. Elvira
Baber, supervisor.
SECOND EPISCOPAL DISTRICT
BISHOP S. L. GREENE, Presiding
North Carolina Conference
St. Stephens A.M.E. Church
Ww: m, North Carolina
Wednesday, 10:00 a.m.—November 13,
ee
Rev. Miller, Pastor
516. ne * STicth Street —
Western North Carolina Conference
| St Joseph A.M.E. Church
_ Dur! Caro
. Nor
appanesday. 10:00 am.—November 20,
Rev. M. C. Swann, Pastor
806 Fayettville Street
THIRD ee ee eae DISTRICT
ey! BISHOP E. C.
Presiding mance te
_ West Virginia Annual Conference
155 Court Stre
Ex
_ Charleston, West Virginia
ER, Es ocens Host Pastor
a
Ohio Annual Conference
October be 1963
South
en Temple A.M.E. Church
528 Bronteey
Cincinnati 2, Ohio
Rev. C. H. Drummer, Host Pastor
874 Cleveland Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio
ae 1-3284
Ohio Annual OS
October 15-20, 1963
St. Paul A.M.E. eects
639 E. Long Street
Columbus, Ohio
Fy
poe
Rev. A. Shaw, Host Pastor
1794 Franklin
re)
Se 8- “1146
North Ohio pas) Conference
October 22-27,
St. James A. hn Church
8409 Cedar Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio
CEdar 1-3562
Rev. Donald G. Jacobs, Host Pastor
1025 Pasadena Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio
Mulberry 1-2065
FOURTH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT
BISHOP JOSEPH GOMEZ, Presiding
Canadian—80th Annual Session
August 13-18, 1963
Central Grove AME Church
Harrow, Ontario
Rev. Isaac Kindred, Pastor
LO 5-8407
27324 Penn Street, Inkster, Michigan
Michigan—77th Annual Session
August 20-25, 1963
St. Paul AME Church
Chene and Hunt Streets—LO 7-9643
A.
Committee Report
(Continued from Page 7)
ship of our faithful ministers and
loyal members we shall be able
to face the challenge before us,
We must say as Charles Wesley:
A charge to keep I haye—A God
to glorify—A never dying soul
to save—And fit it for the sky. To
serve this present age—My calling
to fulfil—O may it all my powers
engage—To do my Master’s will.
You may have copies of the mim-
eographed material on discussion
leaders and on participating in a
discussion prepared for you
the closing.
at
Sunset Vesper Service
Quadrennial—St. Louis
Mrs. Joseph Gomez
(Continued from Page 7)
who had happy expressions on
their faces. The Bishop’s remarks
were also interesting as usual.
He was the morning speaker at
Dr. Miller’s church. Dr. Miller is
a very close and dear friend of
“|our great Bishop, folks!
The closing song was ‘NOW
THE DAY IS OVER’ by the
school. The day was hot but the
program was a masterpiece! Mrs.
HELEN SIMS did a magnificent
job as program chairman. Bishop
Gomez gave the benediction and
we departed for our various des-
tinations in the Big City of Chi-
cago.
MANY CONGRATULATIONS
TO DR. R. L. MILLER AND
THE ENTIRE STAFF OF THE
DAY NURSERY» SCHOOL OF
GREATER INSTITUTIONAL
AM.E. CHURCH LOCATED AT
7800 Indiana Ave., in CHI-TOWN!
All Roads Lead To St. Louis
Quadrennial Women's Convention
Payne Theola ee
(Continued, 4 Page 13).
out at the directiow of thi
here at Payne Seminary.
4. Interpret the need serena
to your local church, your An-
oard
nual Conference and to other ie
groups in which you have mem-
bership.
5: Write articles on theological
: Interdenominational
(Continued from Page 8)
| Board of Education, looking for-
ward to full accreditation.
Respectfully submitted,
C. A. Weaver, Pastor, Day
Spring Baptist Church
F. D. Wilson, Pastor, Wood-
lawn Presbyterian Church
W. C. Flanagan, Pastor, Cen-
tral C.M.E. Church
J. B. F. Williams,
Supt., Methodist Church
J. S. Johnson, Pastor,
Stephen A.M.E. Church
Beaks Michigan
Rev. D. Evans,
Tilinois—92nd_ Annual Session
epee mber 3-8, 1963
St. P AME Chur
1209 Crocker Bice AT 2-5985
Des peta Iowa
Rev. E. ‘Williams, Pastor
695 25th street — 244-2534
Chicago—8Ist Annual Session
September 10-15, 1963
Grant Memorial AME Church
4017 Drexel Street — ST 5-5819
Chicago, meee
Rev. BEN Ne Walde:
1339 W. 111th Place — "BE 8-1318
focise. tn Annual Session
Spyies 24-29, 1963
en Chapel AME Church
$29 East 11th Street — ME 8-9963
ae ePoe Indiana
Rev. J. S. Benn It
617 E. 11th Street — ME 6-0045
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