St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-05-12

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on the main floor were most of the
1852 delegates of the 135th Annua,
Conferences of this the largest
Protestant body in the world. After
the Communion of the Lords Sup.
per the conference began its bust.
ness, with the reelection of DR.. LuC
Estes of Dyersburg, Tennessee, as
the secretary. DR.. R. N. Brooks Of
New Orleans, La, DR.. John w
Hayward of Morristown, Tennessee
and DIR. Robert M. Williams OF
Washington, D. c., three Negroes
were selected by DR.. Estes as a part
of his staff of a score or more.
1t was this same Southern-borr
secretary who made the headlines
at the beginning of the famous
uniting conference here in 1895
when he made slip of the tongue
in using the word "Nigger," fol
which he apologized.
In the professional of the Bish,
ops were the three Negro Bishops
of the denomination, Bishop Robert
E. Jones of the Columbus and New
Orleans areas; Bishop Alexander P
Shaw of the Baltimore Area, anC
Bishop Lorenzo H. King of the At.
lantic Coast Area. All of these
bishops will preside over the Gen.
eral Conference in the regular order
of their seniority on the Council Of
Bishops. Bishop Jones, who was
the first of the race elected to the
general SUPPLEMENTARY of the for.
mer Methodist Episcopal church
will be retired after this Confer.
ence by the age limit. Bishop Jones
was elected at the General Confer.
ence in Des Moines in 1920, after
serving for twenty years as the
editor of the Southwestern Chris.
tian Advocate. Bishop Matthew
Clair, who was elected at the same
conference, died last year.
There are fifty-six Negro dele.
gates and more than two hundred
visitors from all over the nation at.
tending this conference. Each one
of the nineteen Negro annual con
ferences is represented, as are al
other Methodist annual conferences
by at least one ministerial and one
lay delegate. Several of the lay
delegates are women. All of these
delegates serve on the various com.
mlttees and are in every way int,
grated into the work and program
of this legislative body, which
meets every four years.
Significant in the Episcopal Mes
sage or Address of the Council Of
Bishops delivered by Bishop Arthur
j. Moore of Atlanta, Ca, at thu
Wednesday night session, was the
strong statement on "The Problem
OF Race" 1t was encouraging tt
hear this Southern-born bisho1
speak so strongly on the problem
of the Negro, while Southern-borr
Senators like Bilbo of Mississippi
Cotton Ed" Smith of South Caro-
lima, Cox of Georgia, and their col
leagues are preparing to talk thu
Anti-Poll Tax bill to death and il
other ways legislate against tn,
welfare of the Negro.
A portion of this section of tn,
Bishops address follows:
Racial antagonism always ere
ates a stubborn problem for tn,
Christian religion because it stoutl,
resists the universal propagation O.
the Christian message and denie
the doctrine of the brotherhood O
man. We are witnessing an in
crease of racial tension everywhere
Every nation struggles with it il
some form. England meets it il
India and South Africa; Australii
lifts up barriers against the yellow
man; the continent of Europe i
drenched with blood because of tn
German doctrine of a superio
race"
Gin this country a minority grou]
of 100000 Negroes is compelle,
to remain a detached racial unit
is accorded a subj Christian status
is given an uncertain standard o
livelihood, and all by the artificial
standards which arise from racia
grouping"
-. "Racial minorities scattere,
throughout the earth are demand
ing to know what is meant by tn
affirmation of democracy that al
men are created equal This chal
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