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TDa© V@n<2® PUBLISHED WEEKLY “Dedicated to the promotion oi the cultural social and spiritual life of a great people.*' __ __ Melvin L. Shakespeare Publisher and Editor Busit ess Address 2225 S Street Phone 2-4085 U No Answer Call *-750fc RuDie w Shakespeare...... .Advertising and Business Manager Dorothy Greene .Offioe Secretary Mrs. Joe Greene .Circulation Manager Uember ol the Associated Negro Press and Nebraska Pres* Association . Entered as Second Class Matter. June 9 1947 si be Post Office at Lincoln. Nebraska under the Act at March 3. 1879 1 mmmw miIweinUn* . S2.00 Single copy.Sc ETMTOR1ALB The view* expressed in these columns rre those of the writer and not necessarily i reflection of the policy of The Voice. Pub. 4 What Is the Matter With the World? By Mrs. Ollie M. Blount Kansas City, Kansas Nebraska Conference Guest Editorial Mrs. Blount, director of religious educa tion, First A.M.E. Church, Kansas City, Kansas, is the wife of Dr. Willim Blount, prominent physician in Kansas City. This is first in a series of articles written for The Voice to be of special interest to lay men of all denominations. (Continued from last week) It is time to act now. The gen eration which experienced the last World war, and the generation now coming on amid the yet crum bling war-torn cities, is a genera tion that is being driven by fear and hate. Growing as they are, with a spirit of hate, and revenge welled up in every fibre of their being, will be incapable of bring ing into the world the peace we so much need. And a remedy we now need to avert a third World war. The longer the world is forced to suffer from its illness, its pres ent malady, the more impossible will be the solution. Let us as Christian carriers of the gftspel, of the good news of Jesus’ heal ing power, of His saving grace, act now. Pray now, “Let thy Kingdom come.” As Christian church members, let us remem ber the message that Jesus brought.” A message of love.” As Christian teachers we must have a deep and abiding faith in God as Father of all. And a faith in Jesus Christ who revealed the power of God In His own life, and in the life of His followers today as—sons of God. Remem bering one cannot do everything but one can do some thing. By precept and example. ‘‘An ounce of performance is worth a pound of preachment.” As followers of Jesus, let us, purge heart and mind, hourly, monthly, yearly with the capsule of love. Let us urgently seek the truth. That which Jesus taught in His “Sermon on the Mount.” Let us honestly confess our sins of omission and commission. Let us be instruments in helping to establish a social order in which mutual good will and co-operation are practiced in business, govern ment and in our everyday social relationships. Let us by example make clear to the world the real meaning of brotherhood and de mocracy. Let us avoid hasty judgments based upon prejudice and willful misrepresentation of facts. Jesus judged persons by their worthy, not by their social posi tions, nationality or race. (Read Matt. 4:18-22) Jesus assures us that it is not enough simply to agree that something must be done, but do something now. (Read Luke 6:27-28, 46-49) Jesus gives the appern for the cure of this world’s ills. “Thou shaft love thy neighbor as thyself. There is one God, the Lord our God, Father of all. One family. One world. (Read Mark 12:28-31). If the world must be cured of Its ills, if the church is to im port the gospel message, the good news of Jesus forall; we as Chris tian carriers oi the “Word ’ we as advocates of the “Way,” the one and only “Way,” must be about our Father's business to the fullest extent of our abilities and capacities, that we might re ceive that great acclaim and promise, “Lo I am with you al ways, even unto the end of the world.” St. Benedict's Continued from Page 1 ner at St. Benedict’s on Thanks giving Day, 1920, was cooked by a friendly colored lady who was not a Catholic. Down through the latest of the famous “Chicken Dinners,” that same interest and kind support has been offered by the non-Catholic people. It is also interesting to note that since 1923, over 1,370 children of this neighborhood have been educated at St. Benedict’s school; of this number more than 35 percent have been non-Catholic chil dren, welcomed, trained, and educated by the good Sisters. The renovations and remodeling of the past few years, resulting in a beautiful gym-auditorium, a modern attractive club room and lunch room, and the beautiful church plant, are a tremendous asset to our neighborhood. And it is hoped that to all, the new pub lic shrine to Blessed Martin will be a source of pride and an in spiring example. No doubt many here will share the gratitude kindly expressed by Sen. John Adams, after he had made a re cent tour of the new St. Bene dict’s. Certainly this is an an niversary to be celebrated both by the parishioners and by the many good friends of St. Bene dict’s. The opening of the full-time Christ Child Center will offer to all the children of the neighbor hood a variety of programs and supervised activities that will be most helpful. Craft classes for both younger boys and girls; sew ing classes for the tiny girls and their older sisters; the Cub, Brownie, and full Scouting pro gram open to all; figurine paint ing and folk dancing, and the popular tap dancing instructions lor all girls; a completely equip ment playroom will be provided for the girls and boys from the kindergarten to the fifth grade; in all fields of athletics for all super vised training and guidance the boys and girls these are but some of the scheduled directed activi ties which will be presented in the renovated plant at St. Bene dict’s. Registration can be made at once by new grade school chil dren of the neighborhood for any or all of these activities. Jr IAMBS C. OLSON, Superintendent historical aocirtt Not far from Lewellen in Garden County,. U. S. highway 26 crossed Blue Water Creek, where in September, 1855, oc curred one of the first of the many punitive battles waged by the U. S. Army against the In dians of the northern plains. The cause of the conflict dates back to the summer of 1854, when a band of Brule Sioux massacred Lt. John J. Grattan and a detachment of soliders sent out from Fort Laramie to avenge the killing of a worn-out Mormon cow by the Indians. Though Lieutenant Grattan—fresh out of West Point and ignorant of In dian warfare—brought about his destruction and that of his men by his own foolishness, Gen. Wil liam S. Harney was sent out from Fort Leavenworth with 1,200 soldiers to punish the Sioux While camped at the mouth of Ash Hollow on the Oregon Trail, General Harney got word from his scouts that a band of Brules was camped on Blue Water Creek, about six miles away. Though these were not the people re sponsible for Lieutenant Grattan’s death. General Harney led his men to the Indian encampment under the cover of night. At day break he attacked, killing lots of innocent people, destroying their camp, and carrying off over 70 women and children. General Harney then went on to Fort Laramie, with his men, as they marched their prisoners, singing: We did not make a blunder, We rubbed out Little Thunder And we sent him to the other side of Jordan. In his own report Harney ad mitted that the band of Brules on the Blue Water was blameless. This, though, didn’t seem to mat ter. “If it had been any other band it would have been the same,” he wrote. Th whites dur ing this period wanted blood— whose blood it didn’t matter, just i— long as it was that of red men. Later, General Harney went on to Fort Pierre, in what is now South Dakota. There he negotiated a treaty with the Sioux. Pre sumably this treaty was to bring peace, but the attack on the Brules at Blue Water had made peace impossible. It led the In ! dians to believe that the white man’s word could not be de pended upon. It set off an Indian uprising that was to bathe the 1 plains in blood, and that would 1 not be put down for more than I 20 years. Thompson Sets New Record NEW YORK. (ANP). Third Baseman Henry Thompson of the New York Giants last week broke the National league record for participating in double plays by a hot corner man when he took part in his 42nd, 43rd and 44th twin killings. He broke the old mark of 41, set in 1925 by Pie Traynor, one of baseball’s all-time great third sackers, with the Pittsburgh Pi | rates. Thompson has only six to go to tie the major league mark set in 1937 by Harlond Clift of the St. Louis Browns in the Ar/1? i i can league. The former St. Louis Brown ^ player is a member of the all new Giant infield that has sparked the New Yorkers’ drive from the bottom of the league to fourth place in the past six weeks. ! Thompson is batting .285, and j is one of the team leaders in runs 1 batted in. Against righthanders he bats in the cleanup position, ( and against southpaws he bats 1 eighth. 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