The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-10-30


sUGk Judges 1874 The scripturai
sr.au cement for this lesson suE.
,aStS tho Inconsistency and hypoc-
~ OF many institutional, religious
naIrcai and civic leaders In cyad-
tuc tho main sSuCs by S;ycSSing
MINOR ones. or by raising fa,sc IS
sizes instead Of facing the true ssue;
"PcRS,e, pray thee AND drink no
W.rc OF strong drink" JudgcS 1870
Is ahNalsly quoted as a passage
81 "a teaches total abstinence for
II people. In us scripture, setting
.' 'c7y3C, no such thing The warn.
ing was made &C. a woman WHo was
q. become no mother 81 a Nazari,c
I'm The IAN verse. Of Judges 10, this
"r'hcr-'u-5c j. warned no' ,o ca,
o.! anything tina comcth o! he vine
ro. anything uuclCau far--s1 far as
indicated by he tex,-thc very
same reason. 90 Other scriptures
cited omit passages h.ch refer 10
- Jesus being called a winc-bib-
Der VI. 1879 - To hin having
mace ~.ne John 2:3-i0l; 81 20
Pan. suggestion 90 Timothy 10 take
lite RInc FOR the Stomaca tls, Tim
5.3'. q - ne passage cited IN our
recent h>,or that tho former and
later Ea.nS would permit ,le peo-
pie 20 gather their com and their
vine ID e. ll.l4l: 80 and 60 The
base old Testament teaching that
every man should drink wine from
his own vine Amos 9.lI. Co The
scr pture cited FOR tbs lesson also
om.tS any reference 10 Jesus On
the other hand a statement con-
corning The birth 4 John the Bap-
tiS; IS included But John the Bap-
tisi IS never held up as greater
teacher than Jesus of Nazareth. He.
Himself, said II must decrease. but
he must increase John 800. Jesus
said o. man born of woman: None
is greater than John baptist but he
,ha, is least in the Kingdom is
greater than he" And Jesus said:
John came neither eating bread
nor drinking wine but the Son Of
Man came both eating and drink
ing that is. John both fas'ed and
abStained but | am one who faSts
not nor am total abstainer.
duke 1896.
Total abstinence NAV be a COM
mendab,e virtue for any individual
but the consistent teaching of the
Bible is no, on total abstinence but
on temperance-tem in all
things. Il Cor 9;25). In the scrip
ture the issue is not between tenn
pcrdnce and abstinence but between
temperance and intemrerance
Drunkenness. delinquency, race
hatred, etc, are social evils. But
none are born drunkardS. delln-
quen,s or haters. Neither are alco-
hole, criminals or bigots imported
brought on products, They are
"ho-made" These evils are symp-
toms Of even more basic social dis
eases. They arise out OF (a) in
tolerable housing conditions; tb)
inadequate recreational facilities;
(c) inhuman working conditions;
Cd enforced sub-standard living
conditions; te) segregation, etc.
HOUSING.-There has been a
mass migration Of 500,0 900 war work
ers to the Detroit area. Federal
funds have been eur-marked for
adequate housing projects, but be-
cause real estate interests opposed
such projects only ~ have been
built. Only four OF these projects
have been designated for the use Of
Negro war workers, including some
$4,000 newcomers. Only two Of
these four projects providing some
1900 housing qpi's have been com
pleted.
RECREATION-In New York
City 40 per cent OF the city's ground
* devoted 20 parks in. In Detroit less
than 3 Of per cent. Within the
Grand Boulevard Narea are over
100000 lersons living: tO within
TINS area there are only 35 acres
given TO parks 'yhile some $50 acres
are given to cemeteries; tbl In areas
occupied predominantly by Negro
people there are practically no
parks or any other .recreational IA
cilities.
SEGREGAT1ON.-1n segregated
districts OF Detroit the Negro peo-
pie were living in congesied con6i-
tons in 1871. To-day there are from
TWO 10 five families liy'ing in space
formerly occupied by one family
and often each paying asNmuch rent
as the former occupanLTse popu-
lation OF these districts IS increasing
oUtrI by birth and nfigFatieff.-