The Omaha guide., 1942-01-03

Washington, D.. c.. During
1912 the Negro church in America
regardless of denomination, will
unite to perform the most import
ant task in its $50 years old his
tory, that Of forging "a spiritual
unity among u people" that viii
enable "the Negro, together with
other groups, to give his all to The
cause of helping to unite our couu-
try behind the President and our
government for winning the war"
This will be the keynote Of a
New Years message which will
appear as a special editorial In the
January, 1912 issue of THE Miss
ionary Seer, official organ OF the
African Methodist Episcopal
Zion Church's department Of dom
este and foreign missions. (.
For forty years the magazine
has been published by the denon.-
ination, whose 50O, 600 members
worship in various parts of the
United States, Liberia, the East
and West Gold Coasts and Mig
eria, in Africa and in South Am
erica.
The editorial will point out that
the issue is clear, ION the one
hand the fight of democracy.
whose banner is held aloft By Am
erica, Britain, China, Ethiopia and
Russia, and on the other hand the
fight of fascism, whose bloody
banner is held aloft by the Hitler
dominated Axis powers, Germany
ITALY,, Japan and the other satel-
lites of fascism.
The editorial will declare that
"out of this united strength viii
come an America strong enough to
crush and destroy Hitler and his
partners in slavery, because the
church of the American Negro
people during the coming year.
will march in full regalia doing
battle in the name of Jesus Christ,
for the preservation and freedom
! of all mankind"
The text of the New Years mes
sage was made public here today
by DR.. II. r. Medford, secretary
treasurer of the denominations
foreign mission department and
editor of the publication. The
complete text Of the editorial fol-
lows:
"As we stand on the threshold OF
1912, it will be of tremendous prof
it to all of Vi Negro people, who
are a part of that great spiritual
body, the church-no matter what
our denomination-to grasp fu,iy
the idea that the Negro church
during the coming year has the
most important task to perform in
all its $50 years history.
"That task is to exert our every
energy, wherever we may be, TO
help forge a spiritual unity among
our people that will actively play
its full part in the defense of our
land, our homes, u right to wor-
ship as we please, indeed, very
lives.
For America is faced with ex-
tinction as a free nation, unless
the Negro, together with other
groups, gives his all to the cause
o fhelping to unite our country be-
hind the President and our Coy
eminent for winning the a
I'm the name of our great pio-
neers in the Negro church, we viii
pledge our spiritual and physical
strength in the defense Of our coun
try at this grave hour. We shall
do this freely, Fundamentally, con
scious of the fact that in so doing
we are uniting to preserve oursel-
YES as a people, as well as the
whole American people.
mo matter on how many fronts
this war is fought, it is still, on The
one hand the fight of democracy,
whose banner is held aloft by Am
erica, Britain, China, Ethiopia and
Russia; and on the other hand, the
fight of fascism, whose bloody
banner is held aloft by the Hitler
dominated Axis powers: Germany.
Italy, Japan and the other satcl-
lites Of fascism.
TN the face of such danger, Ire
/ Negro church can echo the hymn
1.-THE Church's one Foundation is
Jesus Christ Our Lord, with g
meaning never revealed to us he
fore. For if we are truly cons
cious of the fact that this is one
war, we can know full well that
our church will stand bodily in the
front of the fight for democracy.
"Out of the bosom of this great
Negro institution will come the
spiritual unity which will give
courage and strength to our men
in every unit Of the armed forces,
our women and youth who viii
man the defense factory machines
in greater numbers than ever Le-