Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1927-05-14

| humans.
Through the energetic and untiring
efforts of it's pastor, Rev. G.. R. Wa
tiers, st. James A. M. E. Church, Min
neapolis, seems to have at last reached
| it's long looked for hearts desire" in
securing for its place of worship, the
| Lutheran church on the corner Of 4th
street and 18th Ave. S. The story of
the acquisition of this property reads
almost like an Aesop fable. When
the Lutheran congregation decided to
move, committee from their trustee
board called on St. James trustee
| board, offering to sell to us. l re-
| member to have said to one Of them
| that I did not think we could under
| take it, as we were in no position t.
| finance so great task. | shall never
forget the answer he made. He said
Brother, you trust God, if He wants
you to have that church, He will find
way for you to get it." I said, "You
mean then, that we must put the
proposition squarely up to God? p
| That's just what | mean," he re-
piled. Well, we took the message back
to ST. James congregation, they GER
tainly must have done as the song
says, ''Take your trouble to the Lord
and leave it there" For in two
weeks, 'like a thunderbolt out of
| clear sky" came that wonderful, life
saving God inspired gift from Mr.
| Walter Boutell. And now that St.
James is anchored in it's new homesits
doors will always be open with
great big "Welcome" to everybody.
And what shall we say in apprecia-
ton of Mr.. Boutell- what can we say
that would adequately commensurate
this fine Christian gentleman for such
a generous and noble an act. God
bless him, and may he reap great
| reward in heaven.
Speaking of churches, I wonder if
our people in Minneapolis, realize how
they are neglecting their churches
We as a race, like to believe we are
the most religious people in America
We like to scott at what we call
| white folks religion" and make our.
selves think they have no religion;
yet you go to any white church at
any service on Sunday, and unless you
are there before the opening, you can
not get a seat.
Now about our churches? We have
approximately 1000 men, women and
children in Minneapolis, with seven
churches. Evenly divided that would
give each church a following of LOCO
each. White Minneapolis claims that
one in every three of it's people are
regular church attendants. What can
we say-not even one in every six
why this difference? Not because we
| don't know any better-we were all
church or Sunday school attendant
| once
Is it because often we get taste
of prosperity forget God and
worship the luxuries of this world
When God said, "Thou shalt have no
other Gods before me-" He meant it
every word of it. Our attitude to-
ward the church is nothing but down
right negligence and is so displeasing
n the sight of God that we are today
the most backward 1000 Negroes in
America. Let's wake up and at least
show our respect, gratitude and loyal
ty to Him who doeth all things
WE'LL" by going to church Sunday.
1 see by Chicago paper that the
/ ugly serpent of race prejudice is
raising it's head in the Southern flood
situation, and the usual complaints
that the refugees of our race are Eek
periencing worst treatment than they
did in days of slavery and in many
cases food and clothing sent to relief
camps never reach our people. White
heads of camps confscate the goods
and distribute them among their own
ace. 1 expected this would happen
and said so at certain meeting. 1t
would be well for Twin City folks
to withhold their clothing contribu-
tions until they can send them to our
Church or Lodge people direct.