OFFICIAL NEWS
of the Fifth EpLscojHtl District
of the <;
AFRICAN METHODIST CHURCH j
Rubie 19 . Shakespeare, Managing Kditur V,
Th» Rt. R«v. D. Ormonde Welker.
Presiding Bishop
George Jones. President
Box 291
08 K \ LOOK A, KANSAS
Herbert L. Dudley. President
Connecticut Laymen s League
Detroit. Michigan
Conference President*
Puget Sound Conference
Mrs. Georgia Marshall
California Conference
4210 Market Street
Oakland. Calif.
C. A. Stafford
Southern California
1504 E 45 Street
Los Angeles 11. Calif.
A. L Mitchell
Colorado Conference
319 N. 7th Street
Albuquerque. N. M.
Dr. J. Louis Ransom
Kansas Conference
2251 Topeka Blvd
Topeka. Kansas
J. J. Parks
Nebraska Conference
2014 N. 7th Street
Karttas City. Kas
Joseph T. Anscei
North Missouri Conference
10# South Wintz
Macon. Missouri
Clarence E Owens
Southwest Missouri Conference
2134 E. 27th Street
A tty. E. L Martin
217 Jefferson
St Louis. Mo.
Bethel A.M.E. Church,
Fanlono. California
• • Southern California
The Christmas spirit was in ac
tion Sunday December 17, when
eight churches were represented
at Bethel A. M- E. church at
Fantano, Calif., to encourage those
loyal members who are deter
mined that A.M.E. church will
progress. Chaplin Lucy Minor
opened Devotionals.
Persons participating in the pro
gram were: Rev. Frank W. Harris
and choir, San Bernardino, Calif,
Benjamin H. Inghram, Brother
Shaw, Mrs. H. Pettigrew, Brother
Pettigrew', Presiding Elder Quinn,
San Diego District, Rev. J. L.
Glover, Second A.M.E. church and
Rev. Conquest. They all gave en
couraging remarks.
Mr. Coley W. Stafford, branch
president, spoke in behalf of the
laymen and the loyal support they
have given the circular church all
during the year.
We closed with greetings for
the holidays, praising God from
whom all blessings flow. We were
then refreshened with a delicious ‘
repast.
Mr». Lulu White, president.
Prolong the life and beauty of
plants with gentle sudsing. When
dust and grime settle cm the
leaves, the plan has difficulty in
breathing. Each leaf needs a
soap-and-water sponging at least
once a week to keep it healthy
and glossy.
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If Amos Were Lit
What Would His
Nebraska Conference.
By Mrs. O. M. Blount, Kansas
City, Kans.
IF AMOS WERE LIVING TO- j
DAY, what would be his proph
ecy; to whom would he
prophecy; where would he go to
deliver his message? These ques
tions leap forcibly before me,
when I think of my subject.
When we think of the lawless
ness in America; lawlessness in
Europe; lawlessness in Asia, in
Africa and in every continent
upon the globe; when we read
that the va^t majority of defend
ants in our courts today are un
der twenty years of age, then we
would think that Amos would
begin here his prophecy thusly:
WE WHO ARE CHRISTIANS,
concerned about the youth of to
day, it is a most distressing prob
lem. What is going to become
of our country when the youth
of today come to be its citizens of
tomorrow?
Are the ideals of the stage, are
the ideals of the divorce courts,
are the heroes of the brutal
fights, are the dealers in white
slavery, are the traitors of the
Constitution, are the would be
assassins, are those who forget
God’s house and his worship, are
those who rob God of his tithe
and who turn the “Lord’s Day’'
into revelry and gain, drunken
ness and debauchery, are these
people who w-ill make our na~
; tk>ns?
“WOE TO YOU WHO ARE AT
EASE, woe unto you Europe, woe
unto you Russia, woe unto you
America. You are tithing mint
and anise and cummin, but leaving
undone justice, mercy and faith.
“You have forgotten the worth
of the individual, you have sold
human beings as mere chattel, you
have exploited the poor, the
widows and the orphans, by your
excess taxes. You have flaunted
your possessions openly before in
nocent children because of your
selfishness. You have crushed the
humble and needy. You have laid
waste your field of plenty for per
sonal gains. You can no longer
find security in barriers of steel.
You have been warned time after
time. Your walls have crumbled,
your fortresses have toppled,
“Have you so soon forgotten the
agony, heartaches, distress and
wantonness you experienced in
World War I? The forces of de
struction have brought low the
puny boundaries you labored so
long to establish.
“TURN YE, TURN YE, ye sup
posed-io-be Christian people. Turn
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Prophecy Be?
ye to God; the God of Abraham,
of Jacob and of Isaac. The God
of Martin Luther, of Livingstone
' and Richard Allen, the God of the
brave and dauntless missionaries
who have sacrificed even their
lives to help men know the true
and forgiving God.
TURN YE TO THE GOD OF
YOUR FOREFATHERS. Repent
and acknowledge your sins and
transgressions. Assemble your
selves in the high seats in your
congress, in your parliament, in
your state legislatures in your
county and city meetings, your
Chambers of Commerce, your
town halls, your civic organiza
tions, your clubs, yea in your
churches. Can’t you see what is
going on in this land of yours; in
homes of the poor, in homes of the
rich, in your market places, in
your capitol, the very seat of your
government, in your places of
worship, your mock worship? Re
member “Thou shalt have no other !
I Gods before me,” said the Lord.
“HEAR, O HEAR AMERICANS,
lift up your heads, awake from
your day dreaming. You are no
longer slaves to the past. The light
of understanding, broadens these
modem days. You have vision. No
longer do you need walk in dark
ness. You have a Saviour, Jesus
Christ The Lord who came upon
this earth — lived and dwelled
among you, teaching and preach
ing the wrill of God, and who is
the embodiment of the will of God
i revealed to you. Why would you
continue to store up violence and
hover robbery in your palaces?
Why would you young beautiful
maidens give your body for lust
and live in drunkenness? Why
would you strong young men lay
waste your physical strength for
a passing immoral folly? Hear ye,
young men, young women, older
men and older women. God lives
today as he has always lived. He
is a forgiving God, and his prom
ises never fail.
WILL YOU NOT HARKEN even
after World War II, when your
beautiful, mansions, your cathe
drals, your fine historical build
ings, your modern cities were
hewn down by one blase of atomic
energy? Would you continue in
your sins and wickedness, when
thousands, yes, millions and mil
lions of your young men lay dead
upon the battlefield day after day,
and the wail of war guns deaf
ened the ears of even young babies
in their mothers arms, and im
paired their usefulness to human
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Dr. Farrell
Is Re-Elected
Presidency
The Laymen’s League of Quinn
Chapel A.M.E. church, Jefferson
City, Missouri, has elected the fol
lowing officers for the 1950-51
conference year: Dr. Alfred Far
rell, president; Mrs. P. B. Earns,
vice president; Mrs. Julia Brooks,
secretary; Dr. Willis Byrd, assist
ant secretary; Mrs. M. T. Preston,
treasurer, and Mr. Harry Haw
kins, chaplain. Dr. Farrel, asso
ciate professor of English at Lin
coln University. Mrs. Brooks and
Mr. Hawkins were re-elected to
their positions.
On Sunday, January 28, 1951,
the League will observe Laymen’s
Day with a special program de
signed to highlight the work of
laymen in the A.M.E. church.
I Mrs. Julia Brooks, secretary
ity? And today you have a grow
ing nation of man hating people.
Hear Ye the words of the great
Saviour who came to atone for
your sins. Who gave himself a
sacrifice for you. Hear his words
“Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart, with all thy
soul, mind and strength”. Can you
not perceive of this meaning for
you? And—“Thou shalt love thy
neighbor as thy self.”. Can you
not see that love is the binding
cord? Love is the cement that
holds. Love is the connecting link.
Paul gave you a fine sermon on
love in his writing. 1 Corinthians
13th Chapter. Now I give you a
new version. “Thus saith the
Lord,”—
“Though America speaks with
the tongues of men and of angels,
and does not care, (not concerned
about people, minorities, displaced
persons, war refugees, those in
| bondage) she is become as sound
ing brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
And though she may have the
gift of prophecy, and understand
all mysteries and all knowledge
(even to the cracking of the atom)
and though she has all faith so
that she could remove mountains,
and does not care (actions speak
louder than words) she is nothing.
To care means to suffer long and
be kind, not to envy, not to be
proud or puffed up.
Those who care do not behave
themselves unseemly, seek not
their own, dre not easily provoked,
think no evil. They rejoice not in
iniquity, but rejoice in the truth.
Those who care bear all things,
believe all things, hope all things,
endure all things.
Caring never fails, but whether
ihpre be prophecies, they shall fail;
whether there be tongues, they
shall cease, whether there be
knowledge, it shall vanish away.
For we know in part, and we
prophecy in part but when that
which is perfect is come, then that
which is in part, shall be done
away.
When America was young, she
spoke as a child, and thought as a
child (put up tariffs like a fence
to guard her industries, few and
as they were, made a Monroe Doc
trine to protest her adolescence)
but now that America is of age,
she must put away childish things.
For now we are seeing through
a glass darkly; but then face to
face. Now America knows in part
but then shall she know even as
also she is known.
And now abideth faith, hope and
caring, these three; but the great
est of these is—“To Care.”
2nd Church Celebrated
Their First Anniversary
Southern California
The Laymen’s League of Sec
ond A.M.E. church in Los An
geles, Calif., celebrated their first
anniversary’s success on Decem
ber, 21st. The affair took the
form of a Christmas Dinner with
a Christmas tree and exchanging
of gifts, at the home of the pres
ident, Mr. M. E. JVebb, who
guided us through a very suc
cessful year, spiritually and
financially.
Brother Webb, who has been
elected to the electoral College
from Second church, excells all
others where courage, under
standing and patients is con
cerned, and the laymen are
proud to have him as a leader.
Mrs. Goldie Fant was in charge
of recreation and songs. Brother
Dupree acted as Santa Claus and
Mrs. Roberta Davis was hostess,
assisted by Mrs. Elsie Francious.
The table groaned under the
weight of the 25 lb. turkey with
all the trimmings.
Covers were laid for the fol
lowing: Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Hall,
Mr. and Mrs. Evans, Mr. and
Mrs. Ross, Mr. and Mrs. Buckner,
| Mr. and Mrs. M.. E. Webb, Mrs
Clara Woodson, Mrs. Clark, Mrs.
Goldie Fant, Mrs Fransoa, Mrs.
H. Harrison, Roberta Davis, Elsia
Francious, Virginia Alexander,
the two Misses Webbs, Brother T.
Mabin and Brother R. V. Dupree.
Brother Webb gave a talk on
the subject of Spiritual Guidance
in Minds of the Youth of the
Church.
Virginia Alexander, reporter.
| Sunday School
I Lesson
The Great Teacher
Scripture—Mark 3:13-14; 34.
* Memory Selection — And he
$aid unto them, Take heed that
y«N{iear. With what measure ye
mete, it shall be measured to you.
And unto you that hath shall
more be given.
Present Day Application
By Frederick D. Jordon
Los Angeles, Calif.
Jesus was the Great Teacher.
One writer said that He used
parables simply to help His hear
ers to understand him. He made
use of this kind of teaching from
first to last. His illustrations
served always to set forth con
cretely some truth concerning the
relation of men to God, or con
cerning His Kingdom and their
relation to it. This form of teach
ing was welcome to His hearers
and served as one of the attrac
tions to draw men to Him.
Oriental teachers made large use
of illustrations, but in this Jesus
stand unique, not in that He used
parables but in the simplicity and
effective beauty of those which
He used. The parable of the $eed
growing secretly is striking. Jesus
impresses His hearers how a man,
after he has sown the seed for
his future harvest, neither sees
nor knows how the process of
germination, springing, ripening,
etc., is carried forward, but that
he definitely reaps the harvest
when the proper time comes. Ap
ply this parable to your life to
day, remembering how plain
Jesus has made it, that once we
sow a seed, the harvest is sure.
“How careful then ought we to
live,
With what religious fear!”