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Apostle of Freedom
By Effie Lockhart Clark
!>t«ry of Richard Allen
“PART IV”
Our job in the world today is
to destroy the myth of the “great”
man: the giant of David’s day,
Pharoah’s army of Moses’ day,
Methodist bigotry of Allen’s day
and A.M.E. bigotry of today. Last
but not least it is our duty to
wipe out the myth of white su
premacy which still shackles so
many of our people—even 90
years after the Emanicipation
Proclamation which outlawed
chattel slavery. It is good to see
the laymen of our church at
work today to tear down the last
vestige of slavery and pave the
way for a release of new energy.
Salvatioif or freedom of the hu
man mind and the human spirit.
All of these things are related.
They dovetail each other. If the
human race is to survive, we
cannot enslave men’s bodies,
minds, nor spirits. Every man
must have a chance to grow equal
to his God-given endowments.
Religion cannot grow and flour
ish in an organization which is
overridden with class and caste
discrimination—permitting those
at the top to abuse their high
offices at the expense of the ge
nius of their success; that genius
is the average layman. It is the
expenditure of the layman’s en
ergies that hold the church to
gether. On the other hand, we
cannot continue using divisive
tactics if we are to enter the
realm of wider and greater free
doms. We must stop hating our
selves and realize that all men are
brothers. Color is only a matter
of pigmentation. It has nothing to
do with superiority or inferiority
of achievement. It is just as ir
revelant to success as the size of
a person or organization. And it
is just as superficial.
Let us search ourselves daily to
see if we are grasping the core
of the thing for which we are
working. Are we apostles of free
dom and goodwill? Are we shoul
dering our responsibilities in the
spirit of Allennites, in the spirit
of all men who are dedicated to
the good of their fellows?
THE END
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N. Missouri
Annual Conf.
Rev. H. W. Bletson
The North Missouri Annual
Conference opened in Grant
Chapel AME, Moberly, Mo., Wed- ,
nesday, October 11, 1950 with
Bishop D. Ormonde Walker pre
siding.
The church made history at
this session when it elected for ‘
the first time in its history a lay- j
man for the chairman of the fi- '
nance committee. Mr. Joseph T.
Anscell of Macon, Mo., was1
elected chairman and served with
much credit to all. Everything1
was conducted efficiently and
harmoniously, proving that Chris
tian laymen can and will serve
the church effectively when 1
given an opportunity.
Bishop Walker praised the ^
courts of our land generously for
their just dealing with the rights
of the people. He further stated
that the great state of Missouri
could not afford to practice seg
regation because of race, color or
origin, and that Negroes should
be integrated into all phases of
life and endeavor for good. Other
states would do well to follow
this noble example for the good
of the people everywhere in the
world, he said.
Many church leaders visited
the conference among whom
were: Rev. Fred A. Hughes, edi
tor of the Western Christian Re
corder, Rev. I. H. Hunt, presiding
elder of the San Francisco dis
trict of the California Confer
ence, Rev. S. M. Pointer, pastor
of Trinity AME, Kansas City, !
Kansas, Rev. M. R. Dixon, pastor |
of St. Paul, St. Louis, Missouri,'
and Rev. Stephens.
Rev. A. G. Thurman is the pre
siding elder of the St. Joseph
Moberly district and Rev. J. L.
Owens is the presiding elder of
the Columbia-Hannibal district.
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Laymen In 1st
Conference
The 26th session of the South
ern California annual conference,
hailed by many as the greatest
in the history of the A.M.E., is
now history.
The meeting opened at the
Bethel A.M.E.; the Rt. Rev. D.
Ormonde Walker, flanked by their
graces, Rt. Rev. W. R. Wilkes,
Cary A. Gibbs, General Officers
Rev. J. S. Brookens and Rev. Fred
A. Hughes called the conference
to order.
The organization of the confer
ence took place with speed seldom
if ever witnessed before. In the
absence of the Bishop’s secretary,
Mrs. Evonne Roberts, Mrs. Ar
tisha Jordan served the Bishop
efficiently.
At 1 o’clock the Bishop pre
sented the Rev. Therion Cobb,
pastor of Riverside, to deliver the
annual sermon. This brilliant
young doctor and orator set the
conference on fire and had them
breathing wdth gasps of ohs and
ahs! It was now apparent to all
that youth had the day. Cobb was
followed the next day by that
young Demosthenes from Berke
ley, the Rev. Alvia Shaw, who in
turn passed the flame to that
logician and scholar, Rev. H. Solo
mon Hill of Oakland.
Never in our history in Califor
nia have we had such preaching.
The thrill is heightened because
of their scholarly preparation and
deep spiritual power.
In the language of the late
Major, R. R. Wright, ‘-Tell them
we African Methodists in Cali
fornia are rising.”
Mo. Supreme Court
Upheld Ruling
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (ANP)
The state supreme court last week
upheald a ruling by a lower
bench that Negroes must be ad
mitted to white schools for
courses not offered in Negro
schools.
The ruling was handed down
in the case of Wesley H. and Wil
burt Brewton, brothers, who sued
the St. Louis board of education
to admit them to Hadley Tech
nical High school for a course in
aero-mechanics. The youths had
stated that the course was not of
fered at Wahsington Tech for Ne
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groes. Last November Circuit
Judge Robert L. Aronson had
ruled in favor of the youths.
However, in upholding the
lower court, the state tribunal
instructed Judge Aronson to
modify his decision to conform j
with that of the U. S. Supreme
court and to dismiss the case if
he found it had become “moot”
through discontinuance of the
course by the board of educa
tion.
Last June, Superintendent of
Instruction Phillip J. Hickey an
nounced the course had been
dropped rather than admit Ne
groes or provide adequate facili
ties at Washington Tech.
In its ruling the state court
found that Wesley was qualified
by previous courses to seek the
training at Hadley. His brother, i
however, had not taken adequate
preparatory work.
Minister Praises
Laymen’s Support
The little church of 76 mem
bers in Rosedale, Kansas City,
Kansas is numbered among those
giving good . account of its
stewardship under the efficient
leadership of the Rev. C. R. Man
ning, pastor. He pledges his loy
alty and expresses gratitude to
the members and friends, includ
ing Sunrise Baptist church for
their loyal support and especially
j to Bishop Walker for returning
him as pastor.
Rev. Mr. Manning cites a fi
nancial program for the year of
near $3,000 raised with less than
half of the membership active.
The greater portion of the funds
were used for badly needed re
pair of the church. He is anxious
for the public to know that New
Bethel at Graystone Heights is
doing a great work and that it
is only through faith in God and
a determination to give service to
Christ and His church.
Missouri Conference
Gets New President
Attorney F. L. Martin of St.
Louis, Mo., was elected president
of the Missouri Conference at the
annual meeting held in St. Louis
November 29. President Martin
told the members that he expects
to have 1,000 members soon.
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