The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-04-03

Zion church has allied herself in this
movement and we have pledged our.
selves to raise one million dollars in
five years and to save one hundred
thousand souls. We are to raise this
money through subscriptions, each
member of the church is asked to
| pledge one cent a day or as much
as he or she can give. Many of the
loyal members throughout the coun.
try have pledged several have paid
from $3.65 to $500 year. Members
of the Missouri Conference, call
upon you to rise up, let everyone say
so far as l am concerned Zion's ban.
ner shall not trail in the dust.
ORGANIC UNION.
This much talked of proposition,
some of us will live to see consum-
mated-I mean the coming together
as one the Independent Methodist
1 Churches of America. God is in this
plan and it will not fail However.
am one who does not believe in sit
/ ting down waiting for this glorious
( consummation. We must be up and do
/ ing. We must abate not our energy
| or lessen our enthusiasm. We must
/ faltcr not in the midst of our happy
anticipations of this happy union, but
+ in the strength of Jesus Christ and
/ through the inspiration of the Holy
! Spirit leave not one stone unturned
| in building up the waste places OF
Zion and extending her borders.
THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY.
Since we met last in the District
Conference session, National Prohibit
ton has become a fact. We have
not had prohibition long enough to
see the real results to be had because
of it. But the testimonials coming
up from all parts of the country is
a warranty that the advocators of
prohibition were right when they
claimed Give the country prohibition
and it will be a better place to live
in" Thank God that it is here and
may it ever remain for it has and is
making better men and women of my
people.
Woman Suffrage had its beginning
back in the 18th Century about 1S4S.
BY continual agitation, in several
states, women may vote. 1t is now a
national issue, two more states to
ratify the amendment to the consti-
tuition giving women right to vote
in all the states and the suffrage
movement will have materialized
, Thank God for that | hope that the
women of my race will forever keep
b themselves from becoming tools in
the hand of the filthy politician. You
say women should not vote. Yes
vote but use the ballot-your vote for
the good of the race, not for the man
or set of men who promise you a
little dirty job as janitor, or window
washer or a wouldbe clerk around the
courthouse or police station But
vote for the man or set of men or
the party that promises to take the
chains from our hands and the
shackles from our feet, the party who
believes and will prove that it is in
accord with the principles as set
forth in 14th and 18th Amendments,
the party that will make every effort
to make the constitution of the
| United States as much effective for
all the people as the 18th Amend
ment is being made.
/ One of the greatest material wea
pons we have as a race is the Negro
press Let's agitate every time we
get a chance, tell the world we are
not satisfied and like a crying baby,
cry on, men cannot keep us from
crying. We are not as helpless as
the babe, we are not crying for things
that will hurt us-we are conscious
of our needs. We are crying for our
rights-our God-given rights. AS we
come into them, let us prove to the
world that we are fully qualified to
measure up to every requirement.
We are now nearing the National
election. There are two National
parties in this country, each one will
nominate a candidate at the National
Convention in June. The Negroes of
this country have received nothing
but insults from the present admins
tration-Jim Crowism and segregation
introduced in the Nations capital,