Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-09-18
4 Voice Cries In The
South $500.
SOMETHING TO POINT TO
WITH PRIDE


reminded attendants of the AME
9th Episcopal Districts Third Con
vention that the Special Session
of the General conference held in
Little Rock, Arkansas last year, was
the first sue hconference held in
the 100 year history of the AME
Church founded yonder in Philadel-
phia by Richard Allen after he had
been told by white Christians who
had the tspatty religion about Jesus
instead of the religion of Jesus that
he could not partake of His Broken
body and dring of the blood of Jesus
shed on Calvery around 80 A. D.
because God had made him black.
On that day, men whom / thought
had the greatness that conquers sci
and is therefore greater than he
that takes a ely were bringing a
white sheriff on the campus to serve
summons on Bishop Nichols and
members of the Trustee Board of
the college preliminary to having
them brought into court in an eff
fort to have the books of the school
turned over to them 70 rauditing.
While not member of the AME
church, I am one of the millions OF
black folk who for many many years
has pointed with pride to the fact
that the operation of the AME chu-
rch by Negroes, what with its num-
erous publications, department ham
ding millions of dollars annually,
its colleges and universities and
what have you here is proof that
Negroes can operate big things in
big way, but that this business of
falling to Compose differences out
side of the white mans court tend
ed to dignity the argument of those
who say Negroes can not operate
things in a big way.
I had appealed to the leader of
the complainants before the SEIZED
uled hearing to try to affect a meet
ing of the leaders of the opposing
factions wherein each would pray
for divine guidance followed by a
reading Of that scripture on reason
ing together and then go into clo-
sed session with view to composing
the existing difference under the
Guidance of Cod; to the end that
a learned and matured mankind
might see the beauty of Jesus in
them, and go on pointing with pride
and spiritual bigness of Negroes
engaged in running a big thing in
a big way.
1t does not do the Cause of God
ligious groups taking their differ
any good to witness so many re-
ence sinto secular courts for the
lesesr Tesolvement when as a mat
ter of fact we need more than ever
to Sc men seeking ad bowling to
the will of God as God gives men to
see His will.
The Negro has only thre insti-
tuition in which he is free - the
church, his fraternal organizations
and his business enterprises. He
misses the bus if he makes of these
pawns in a game for riches, power
and acomodation to decadent soc.
ial order built exploitation of the
emotions, misfortunes and faith OF
the simple and gullible as an end in
themselves instead of as a means
to the end that these institutions
may generate, stabilize and make
unshrinking the faith of Negroes in
themselves as the equal of mem
bers of all other racial groups, pre-
serve their faith in their fellowmen
and in God.
My Mother used to say = God
bless her - "AIl you can't clean
I'D. cover up" Another friend of
mine who reads this column is con-
stantly pointing out to me the inn
portance of not aiding and abeting
the washing of dirty linens in pub
lie. Still another tells me OF re-
membering a day when as he had
a group of others were hunting, they
come upon a dog that had been dead
for some time. All of his comrades
held their nostrils with their hands
to keep the stink out, but his father
who happened to be along pointed
out as the others pointed to the ug-
illness of the situation that the dead
dog had beautiful teeth. Beyond the
stink and decaying body the older
man saw and pointed to the beauty.
One of the worlds greatest educa-
tors points out If man has nine
bad points and only one good to
never allow the nine bad to cause
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