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


And now | wish TO mako certain
constructive suggestions. all I'm the
light of the teachings W jesus -.
praying forgive me where thcv fail
IN truth, and In thy wisdom make
we wise"
|. We must give our colorcd
friends to undcrstlnd that thcrc Will
| never be anything like social equal
lty IN America. and at tho same time
we must soc to IL that there Is moth
ing resembling race hatred or race
contempt IN our hearts.
Many coloTed leaders toll us hon
'stly that They care nothing for
social equality, but that what they
ASK is that they may have "a mans
chancc and a Wom3u's chance in the
world on tho other hand many
color'd leaders are agitating for this
one thing. one needs only to read
the colorod newspapers and maya
zines 10 find this out. This llos at
the root OF the hittcrcs- race hatred
on their part. Well. We say to them
plainly, 1t will never bc. As I
once heard that brilliant writer.
Bishop T.. Il. Hoss, say: "God Al
mighty has drawn tho culor-line in
indelihle ink" And the more that
line is respected. the better II will
bo for both whites and blacks. We
will see 10 It that here in America
there arc separate hotels. separate
schools and separate churches.
As 's generally known. 1t IL frc-
quently said that while here In
North America We are trying To solve
our race problems by keeping tho
races separate in Brazil they have
I htsf .
races This Is n mistake. Tho race
problem is now beginning TO emerge
in South America. AZ the pcoplo uf
| Brazil rise I'm intelligence, I'm morals
and in religion, tho more does tho
race problem come above the sur
face. Brazil has not solved her
problem. She has by the mingIing
of the blood OF the white and hlacks.
handed on down to the future a
problem which has In IL tragic con
sequence. The whittier the white race
is, the better Il IL, and the blackcr
the black race is, the better Il IT,
and II must be the settled policy and
the determined program Of both
whites and blacks to keep the white
race white and the black race black.
But there must be no race hatred
and no race contempt. Race is Of
God. Goa IS tho Creator and Father
or all. God has n program and n
future for every race. We do we'll
To read again tho words OF Jesus.
'Ye have heard that II was said
thou shalt not kill and whosoevcr
shall XIII shall be I'm danger OF the
judgment; but | say unto Won that
every one who is angry with his
brother shall be in danger Of the
Judgment; and whosoever shall say
10 his brother, Raca, shall be in
danger Of. the council; and whose
ever shall say, thou fool shall he in
danger OF the he'll OF fire" He
traces murder back 70 anger: but
he says that a settled contempt for
ones fellowman is worse than anger
and is worthy OF the sevcrest pos
sihle penalty. Racial contempt Is
not only hurtful to man; It also dis
honors God. No man who worships
the Father can have contempt for
any man or any race that God has
made The universal fathorhood i'm
plies the universal brotherhood.
Insist on Morality.
:. We must require a higher
moral standard Of these colored peo-
ple-and we must live up 10 that
standard ourselves
We Christian white people have
not expected enough from the color
ed people who work for us. We have
allowed all sorts Of pilforing 70 go
on in our kitchens. and we have
winked at immortality I'm our serv-
ants rooms We would not have al
lowed white servants to do thcso
things but we put up with our coll
orcd people when they are openly
guilty. And we have not expected
the law to be enforced in such places
as Little Africa" Little Africa"
had become one Of the blackest spots
In Oklahoma--ard we all knew II.
Nobody dreamed Of .aw being en-
forced there. All sorts OF Joints"
were IN Little Africa" In little
Africa were low dives where Backs
and whites, men and women. min
gled freely. Things we're allowed 70
20 on In Little Africa" which were
not allowed 10 go on IN the rest OF
the city Of Tulsa. insist that we
must have higher standard OF de-
cency and morality for these colored
people who live in our midst.
And we must live up to that stand
ard ourselves. This IL what makes
me ashamed, This is what stops my
mouth as preacher. We ourselves
have too often set the fashion Of low
morality. The COlorcd people have
but copied after us when they have
done the things that ought not 20
be done. 4 colored bishop oncc visit
ed one Of my annual conferences.
When some one asked him what
! were the sins which he had most to
contend against among his people,
he made this reply: "ColOrcd peo-
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