Arkansas State press., 1942-07-10

floor of the House, predicted the
NAACP this week.
tional morality can prevail in ex-
clusion of religious principle Lin
coin the non church member, but
q deveut christian, said "Take all
, Of the bible upon reason you can
and the balance by faith and you
will live and die a better man.
Theodore Roosevelt said cal
most every man whom the ma
ton Is proud has based his life
work largely upon the teachings
Of the Bible Wilson, the schol-
ar, said, "Man has deprived him
self Of the best there is in the
world, when ne has deprived him
self of the bible President Cool
edge said; "The foundations Of our
government rest on the teachings
of the Bible jefferson, Adams,
Taylor, Grant, Jackson and Hoover
gave utterances to similar I'M
pressive convictions regarding the
Bible as the only book of univer-
sal interest. They said cts the
anchor of our liberties. William
Lloyd Phelps said in a recent ra-
dio address, "The Bible has been
a greater influence ON the course
Of English Literature than all
other forces together. "I4et the
A. M. E. Church in its educational
and Missionary program and its
general policy encouch in its cur
riculum, the Bible as it's main text
book. Aliens Episcopal successors
have wrought marvelously. The
institutions they founded, under
written by the church, have given
the government, astute statesmen;
to the Protestant family prelates
Of the highest type, to the profess
sions, teachers, doctors, lawyers,
theologians, philosophers, scholars,
business men whose fame tops the
mountains and to industry unex-
celled and unequalled masters. To-
morrow, however, calls for a new
and even greater leadership.
This new leader must find vac
cine for every race malady.
I When this black man has awak-
ened with his new leader and as
serts himself he will defy all pris-
on bars, erase the words segrega-
ton, prescription, inequality,
black, white, and write a new word
MAN; then he will give new
definition for the words Liberty,
Justice, Equality and freedom
This will give him a new book
with new chapter, a new mean
ling, Then he will plan Mill
tary campaign for the conquest of
the world.
The black man under his new
leadership will rise from his Afri-
can hut, native slave; from
American prejudice and peonaee
and like a caterpillar, crawl over
the mountain of difficulty and
never sop until he has establish
ed the fact the "Na plu ultra.
Then like a weevil, he'll bore into
and thru the forest and lift his
new religious banner inscribed
"God cur Father, Christ our Re-
deemer, man our brother. A race
cannot reach its acme in racial
development when it leaves God
out of the equation. Man cannot
find his way when he ignores God.
Nations cannot live in security
when they disdain righteousness,
nations are now stumbling blindly
and hopelessly, marching to a
dangerous precipice Its the
church's duty to call a halt sound
the alarm, There is but one way
in which man can help God, that
is by letting God help him. If
the church would teach the people
of all races every where that in
dividual and nations must work
together 1t would bring about a
happy day. Universal brother
hood and christian religion are
badly needed in our war torn
world. They are the chief agen-
cies in peace-making national de-
velopment. 1t will take christian
ity to bring about the type Of
peace that shall last. 1t is our
opinion that there are two prere-
quisites to a just and lasting peace
First, there must be a decisive
victory for the christian church.
Second, terms must I've written by
cody men. If peace comes by
the sword, it will not last. I'm
der such conditions at the end Of
the war, human nature left alone
will think Of revenge instead Of
justice and brotherhood, Unless
christian religion with its teach
ings of world brotherhood and
justice, tempered with mercy and
love, motivate the lives Of those
who write the terms Of peace, will
H. /. fatal Loaf