The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-17

We ul-uWn being our brother 4 keep
,r, then are we his CAIN" Paul.
thc greatest of all the interpreters of
lhrist declares, Il am debtor both
I" Greeks and to harbaritns. both
70 Wise and unwise." Christianity
Tiles mo- racial flag Christian obliga-
tlon does not stop with the color
line. Eut 1t has too often seemed
TO stop there
Tho fact is that living side by
side, these two races have been liv-
InE apart what do you know about
the rulorcd people who work FOR
Nou' Your cooks namo Is Mary
and YOUR chauffeurs name is
George hut what else do you
know about them? 10 not over
look the fact that they know a
great deal about YOU. They havo
q very intimate baCk-door and back
yard acquaintance with you. They
know things about YOU that YOU
would NOT Ike 60 have generally
Known. They know your worst side
ana sometimes. ! am glad 90 add,
in'N know your very best side. But
We have lived too much apart. What
DO We know about the best colorpd
people Of the city. the people who
ago tho real leaders Of their race
tho leading preachers the leading
teachers. the leading lawyers. doc
tors and merchants? We know thylr
most iIlitcrat" and their lowest in the
scale Of morals They know us on
our worst side Is II not evident that
We have NOT taken toward thcm an
attitude that IS fully christian. Is
u NOT clear hat Christian white pVo-
pie must find n way TO cooperate
with Christian negroes FOR the uplift
Of the colurod race. Aud this plan
Of cooperation should hc along tho
following lines.
G) Tho leading white preachers
OF tho city should meet from time to
time with the leading colored
preachers ~ the city. TO the end that
they may cooperate In a common
task
C2D An intor-racial committee
should hc appointed to be composed
Of representative colorcd men and
representative white men, To- die
cusS problems of mutual interest 20
as TO find out each others point of
view. Many difficulties would dis
appear Just by talking about them In
a friendly manner.
90 our Christian women should
meet from time TO time with groups
Of Christian Colored women TO study
with them the problems Of home life
among colorcd people, and to see
what Christianity can do to protect
the moral character Of young color
ed girls just growing into woman
hood. There would be certain re-
vclations here which would startlc
the good mothers of our churches
and stir the Christian conscience Of
our people.
Help To Higher Levels
Along such lines as these we must
move If the race problem Is to have
any solution. The teachings Of Jesus
point thR way. why should we be
interested in missions in Africa and
forget all about Little Africa" right
at our doors. why should we give
literally to support the work Of the
church on the Congo, and forget
tho negroes right here on the banks
Of the Arkansas? Why should we
think II romantic to send our young
men and women 10 Wcmho Nyama' 9
land. and yet be unwilling TO do any
thing for these colorcd people who
live among us and who i'm spite OF all
that foolish aEi'atcrs may say. will
continue to liv, among u.s. There
Is "A solution to the negro problem
there Is only one solution: that solu-
tion is Christianity as taught by
Christ and Saint Paul.
And it should never be overlooked
that the negro Is not naturally
vicious. II the negro has developed
vices and displayed a character tina;
our fathers did not see in him 80
years ago, this IL to be attributed
not to some fatal defect In his blood
but to the circumstances In which
he has found himself The negro is
by nature patient and cheerful. kind
ana loyal and teachahle. ono can
never forget the loyalty OF those
native Africans. who because Of the
love they had for him, bore the
dead body Of Livingston on their
shoulders 1000 miles to the sea.
that thence IL might be sent back
20 his native land. And no man
can ever forget how our fathers,
during tho terrible war between the
states. left our mothers In the keep
Ing OF colorcd men, and how these
same Colorcd men would have
died rather than harm or sec
harmed one OF those white women
entrusted 20 their care. There was
never anything like that in human
history. No, the fault is not go
much In the negro as In the uu-
fortunate circumstances in which
he as been placed.
The negro and ourselves have the
same creator, we have been re
deemed by the same Christ. The
negro Is capable Of salvati~H. As
tho cid OF God, ne is heir ~ i'm
mortality. He is our brother in