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    The Laymen’s Voice
official news of the
Fifth Episcopal District
of the African Methodist Church
George Jones.President
Fifth District Lay Organization
Published Monthly
Editorial and Executive Offices
2225 S Street, Lincoln 3, Nebraska
Rubie If'. Shakespeare, Managing Editor
The Rt Rev. D. Ormonde Walker,
Presiding Bishop
George Jones, President
Box 281
OSKALOOSA KANSAS
Herbert L. Dudley. President Connecticut Laymen's League, Detroit. Michigan
Conference Presidents
Mrs A L. Cooke, Puget Sound Conference, Seattle Wash.
Mrs. Georgia Marsnail, California Conference. 4210 Market Street, Oakland. Calif.
C. A. Stafford, Southern California, <594 E. 45 Street, Los Angeles 31, Calif.
Mrs. Elizabeth Twyman, Colorado Conference
Dr J. Louis Ransom. Kansas Conference 2251 lopeka Blvd., Topeka, Kansas
J J. Parks, Nebraska Conference 2044 N. fth Street. Kansas City, Kansas
Joseph T. Anscel, North Missouri Conference. 106 Soutn Wintz, Macon, Missouri
Clarence E. Owens. Southwest Missoiri Conference. 2134 E 27th St.. Kansas City. Mo
Mrs. Odessa W. Farrell, Missouri Conference, 1901 Cora Ave.. St. Louis, Mo.
SPECIAL WRITERS
Mr P. G. Porter .....Olatha, Kansas
Dr. J. Louis Ransom .Topeka, Kansas
Mrs Ida M. Moton . Kansas Cit>. Missouri
Mrs Ester Hearn Smith....Omana, Nebr.
Mrs Wm M. Blount . Kansas City, Kansas;
Mr R. J. Gardner. Cleveland. Ohio
Mrs Camillia Leftridge. Los Angeles, Calii
Mrs. Hattie Jefferson..... Cheyenne, Wyo.
Mrs Thelma De Witte.Seattle. Wash
Atty. F. L. Martin. .. St. Louis, Mo
Your Lay Publication
I hope the effort to organize
our laymen in the support of a
lay publication may be successful,
to the end that Christianity may
be more fully applied in our total
living.
One can almost sense the cry
on the lips of the people of the
world—people tired of strife, tired
of deception, tired of hate, tired
of hunger—people pleading for a
Christian church in the twentieth
century to meet realistically the
issues of the day. Such a church
needs men and women who will
do more than vocally condemn the
evil practices of our church; or
ganized men and women who will '
take the offensive for Jesus Christ '>
You should be glad that The Lay- ‘
men’s Voice is not a journal of re
ligious romanticism, reveling m
the good old days, but a crusading
organ of vital, realistic Christ
centered denomination.
Congratulations—to laymen and ,
ministers who have supported this ]
project of the Fifth District, but,
much more support is needed. Re-!
member this is your project to do,'
with as your district desires. It is :
also your responsibility to encour- .
age and (enlist) additional sup- >
1 port throughout the conferences of
the district.
Call to United Christian Youth Action
One of the most significant cur
rent ventures in co-operative
Christian youth work is the pro
gram of the United Christian
Youth Movement to enlist one
million young people and their
leaders in the cause of Christ and
His church. The entire year of
1952 will be used to carry the
call t o young people all over
America. The purpose of the call
is to help young people to get a
clearer understanding of what it
means ot be a Christian in times
like these. These young people
will be invited to enlist in a
united program of Christian ac
tion.
The position and deep chal
lenge of The Call are best re
flected in the covenant with God
which A. M. E. youth will have
an opportunity to make their own
beginning with Allen Jubilee:
Week, February 3-10.
“Believing that God’s power is
my strength, because of my faith
in Jesus Christ, I Join with other
youth in a united effort to dem
onstrate the significance and
power of the Christian fellow
ship.’*
“For us there is no alternative
but to serve God in every mo
ment of our lives, to treat all
men as brothers, to work toward
the day when suffering and strife
will be replaced with co-opera
tion and love and when peace
shall abide in place of war.”
"We are not alone in this task.
The strength of Christ is ours.
Divine resources flow through us,
and human fellowship sustains us
as we give ourselves to the
Church of Christ and its mission
in the world.”
Dr. F. D. Jordan Urges AME
To Prepare For Unsegregated
MEMPHIS, Term.—Dr. Fred
erick D. Jordan, minister pf Los
Angeles, Calif., delivered the ordi
nation sermon at the annual Mem
phis conference of the AME
Church.
Speaking at Avery Temple
Church on the theme, “The Mean
ing of Methodism,” Dr. Jordan
urged his audience to get ready
for an unsegregated society. He
called upon the ministers to sup
port the movement for better edu
cational opportunities.
He advised them to continue to
file suits until the court calen
dars became too crowded to
handle the cases. He added:
“When the unsegregated school
room door at last comes open Ie1
us be sure that there is also the
open church door . .
Upon a motion by the Rev. Her
old Nelson, leader of the confer
ence, and with the approval of
Bishop John H. Clayborn, the 13th
Episcopal district voted to support
Dr. Jordan for the bishopric at the
General Conference of the AME
Church to be held in Chicago next
May.
Mrs. Anna Harris
Dies at Age 69
Mrs. Anna Harris, 69, of 2303
So. 8th, a resident of Lincoln for
’5 years, died here Wednesday.
A native of Oklahoma; she came
: 3 Lincoln in 1927. She was a
i nember of the O.E.S. and the
M.E. church.
Surviving is her husband.
Henry, of Lincoln.
| Funeral services were held Sat
St. Paul, St. Louis
Elects Off if 'PCS
The Laymen’s league of St. Paul
A.M.E. church in their regular
monthly meeting elected officers
for the ensuing yeai. As follows:
Mrs. J. E. Bell, president.
Mrs. Beatrice Atkins, vice-president.
Miss Celeste Smith, recording secretary.
Mrs. Ardellia J. Bailey, correspondent sec'y.
Mr. Edgar E. Cooper, financial secretary.
Mr. J. D. Rodgers. treasurer.
Mr. Joseph Clifford, chaplain.
Mrs. Barbara Davis, reporter.
Messcrgcrs. Bell Rodgers and Clifford were
re-elected to their respective offices.
Plans are being laid for a defi
nite program of renovation of a
committee room in the parish
house and many constructive
ideas have been introduced for
the betterment oi the church.
There is much organized Laymen
can do constructively for the
spiritual as well as the temporal.
We were most happy to have
as our guests and be host to the
connectional body last August. It
gave us a chance to greet old
friends and make new ones in
Methodism.
We pray God’s blessing upon
our connectional president, Atty.j
H. E. Dudley, and officers whose
program we are happy to support.
May he continue o give inspira
:ion to us and may- we all give
:hanks to God foi our blessings
>f His ever loving care. We shall
ittempt to keep you informed of
>ur porgress and successes.
MRS. BARBARA BROOKS,
Reporter, ^
4463 Labadee Ave.,
St. _iOuis 15, Mo.
\tteml Church
n Work Clothes
TULSA, Okla. (ANP) — Re
;ponding to a request of their
ninister, members of the Tulsa
V.M.E. church congregation last
week attended church service1
dressed ' in their daily work
clothes.
Preaching on the subject, “The*
oCmmon Touch,” the Rev Benja
min Hill, pastor of the church,
compared the different occupa
tions represented among the con
gregation ot various trees in the;
forest. They all are different but
their roots are entwined, he said.
He called upon members of the
church to forget all class distinc
tions and think in terms of com-'
non quality.
The Rev. Mr. Hill is a graduate
<f the University of Nebraska
CHICAGO — The Rev. C. E.
Baker Pearle, radio minister on
the “Altar of the Air” program
broadcast each Sunday morning
on station WCFI here, has been
named one of 26 religious lead
ers whose “Prayer for the Day”
•will be syndicated in 1*800 news
papers throughout the nation and
Canada.
jrday at Quinn Chapel A.M.E.
church with the Rev. J. B. Brooks
cfficiating, assisted by the Rev. W.
I. Monroe. Amaranth Chapter
O.E.S., also held a service. Burial
was in Wyuka.
Our Sympathy
We the Laymen of the
Southern California are in
deep sympathy with Mrs.
Vassar Lee Freeman in the
sudden passing of her hus
band, Mr. Charles Freeman,
January 2nd, with a heart
attack. Mrs. Freeman went
to High Point, N. C., to join
the sister of the deceased,
Mrs. Mary Love for the fu
neral. Mrs. Freeman was
accompanied by her sister
from Los Angeles, Mrs. Alice
Herndon.
Coley W. Stafford,
president
Mable Norman,
secretary
Choice of the Church
I_I
Dr. Frederick D. Jordan
Los Angeles, California
The Choice of the Church for Bishop
... At this General Conference
Way man Chapel
AME Observed
Laymen's Day
FORT SCOTT, Kas.—Dr. J.
Louis Ransom, M.D., president of
the Laymen Leagues of the Kan
sas Conference, his wife, Rev. Mrs.
Polly Bland, evangelist, and Mr.
Sammie Wilson, blind singer, all
of Topeka, were guests of Way
man Chapel AME Church and
pastor and wife, Rev. and Mrs. M.
C. Knight, according to schedule
for “Laymen’s Day,” Sunday, Dec.
2. “Building” was the theme for
the day.
Dr. J. Louis Ransom, M.D., de
livered the main address at the
3 o’clock service and program.
His subject, “Rebuilding African
Methodism in the AME Church.”
Dr. Ransom, with the consent
jand co-operation of the pastor and
members, reorganized the Lay
I-- -
man League of the church. Of
ficers elected: Mrs. Lida Wells,
wife of the principal of Hawkins
school and sponsor of the usher
board of the church, was elected
president; Mr. Vernon Smith, vice
president; Dr. J. T. Lewis, M.D.,
secretary; Mrs. Doris Mack, as
sistant secretary; Mrs. Corene
Humes, treasurer and Mrs. Leota
Wright, chaplain.
Methodists Total
Over 9 Million
CHICAGO.—Membership in the
Methodist church in the United
States and its possessions passed
the nine million mark in 1951.
Rev. Albert C. Hoover, director
of the church's statistical office,
says the membership jumped
from 8,935,647 in 1950 to 9,065,727
;this year.
The Woman’s Society of Chris
tian Service reported a member
ship of 1,630,666, a gain of 54,619.
Dustin a Off the Truth
O /
The African Methodist Episco
pal Church is a church of rising
, sons out in the west where the
sun sets: the sons of Allen rise.
They can and are rising from
!
every point of the compass. While
we speak of suns, we must not
overlook the stars. Astronomer':
have recently reparted a new star
; one hundred and thirty-five mff
( lion miles in diameter. Some of
these stars are seen, others are
lost in the deep blue.
While some stars to us are new.
. there are old ones also: Arcturus
and his sons still circle around
the pole, Orion, with his blazing
bands still climb the steep of the
eastern sky; the sweet influ
ences of Pleiades are still un
i bound, signs and seasons are still
upon the glittering belt of Maz
zaroth. Yes, night marshals forth
God’s host with their beacon-fires
burning upon the plains of
heaven, undimmed by time.
Likewise in the constellation of
human beings, there are the sons
' that shine on, others who go into
j eclipse; some stars are changed
: into suns, while others fall, but
the stars are with us, like those
♦hat were with men from the
guarded gates Eden, and from the
blasted plains of Shinar, where
ever men have chosen to rest or
roam: whether in the crowded
REV. L. S. GOOLSBY
city, in solitude of the wilderness
or upon the waste of ocean, the
' stars have kept company with
men.
The time is not far distant in
I which additional men, and meas
j ures, will be before the church
in regards to them it seems, ,-We
, are undecided now, what are we
going to do?” In the church of
Allen are many shining lights
who will be a credit in the firma
ment of African Methodism.
L. S. Goolsby, of St. Louis.
Kirkwood 22, is a delegate from
the North Missouri Conference
and Candidate for the Western
Christian Recorder.