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Jackson advocate., 1963-12-14
The FREE PRESS
BRINGS INTO OPEN
CAMPAIGN TO DESTROY
JACKSON ADVOCATE
canard Attacks The Emancipation
Proclamation Special Edition
By PERCY GREENE

The Mississippi Free Press, a
weekly newspaper which began
publication in Jackson q few
months ago as the mouthpiece
of the Congress on Racial
Equality, and with the avowed
purpose of putting my paper,
the Jackson Advocate, out of
business because of my refusal
to use the paper to promote and
support everything proposed by
the Congress on Racial Equal
ity, the NAACP, the Southern
Christian Leadership Confer
ence, and the Student Non Vio-
lent Coordinating Committee, in
the name of Negro rights, last
week, abandoned the scurrilaas
campaign that has been car
ried on against the paper over
the state for the past several
years by members of the above
groups, and in its weekly edi-
ton, came out in bold front
page attack on the Jackson Ad-
vocate, the name which it capi-
Jackson advocate., 1963-12-14
DR.. j. H. Jackson Addresses
City Council Of Chicago, III.

Chicago, ILL.,, Dec. 9.-Dr. ].
H. Jackson, Pastor of Olivet
Baptist Church, and President
of the National Baptist Con-
vention, USA, Inc., recently ad-
dressed a Special Session of the
Chicago City Council.
The text Of his remarks fol-
lows:
To the Honorable Mayor of
this city, members of the City
Council, Citizens of Chicago,
and Friends:
We have met today on a most
solemn occasion to face and to
recognize one of the most tragic
events in this nations history.
At the hands of an assassin the
nation has lost most courag-
eous president and leader. The
late John F. Kennedy was q
statesman to the manner born.
He believed In justice, freedom,
Jackson advocate., 1963-12-14
NCNW Scholarships Of $500 For
Emancipation Centennial Essays

Virgin Islands, or Puerto Rico.
The participants are asked to
explore the theme, What the
Life and Works of Mary Nc
Leod Bethune Mean to Me-"
The content must be original
and not exceed 750 words.
Each entry submitted should
be typed on plain white paper
and double spaced. The cover
page must contain the partici-
pants full name, age, home
address, and school address.
Judges will base their selec-
tions on content, evidence of
originality, organization, gram
mar, clarity of expression, evil
dence of research, conference
and neatness.
Each participant who enters
the Contest, although not chos-
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talized throughout the story.
The background for the story
and the bold black screaming
headlines strung across its small
tabloid front page space is a
letter from a member Of the
House of Representatives Of
the United States Congress. He
is Rep. Robert w. Kasenmeier,
of Watertown, Wisconsin.
What Representative HASTEN
meier wrote to the Mississippi
Free Press about is the Novem-
Der 9th edition of the Jackson
Advocate. A Special Edition on
the observance of the Tooth An
niversary of the Signing of the
Emancipation Proclamation:
and depicting the progress of
Negroes in Mississippi over the
past 100 years; a copy of which
was sent to every member of
the Congress of the United
States; and to every Governor
of the fifty states that make up
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Jackson advocate., 1963-12-14
King To Campaign Against SoIOns
Who Oppose Rights Legislation

Atlanta, Ca, Dec. 5 - Rev.
Martin Luther King, Jr., said
here Wednesday that he will
sravel the length and breadth Of
the nation to urge Negroes to
vote against southern and north
ern politicians who use their
obnoxious power" Of prejudice
and undemocratic practices to
prevent enactment of civil
rights legislation.
Rev. King, who is president
of the Atlanta-based Southern
Christian Leadership Confer
ence, told newsmen during q
press conference at his office,
that president johnson re-
affirmed to me his commitment
to President Kennedy's civil
rights program"
After meeting with President
Johnson for nearly an hour at
Jackson advocate., 1963-12-14
Jackson State
College Choir
Xmas Concert

In connection with their an
nual Christmas Concert, the
Jackson State College Choir will
perform the "Magnificat" by
Johann Sebastian Bach Sunday,
December Is, 1868, at TOO pm.
IN Dansby Hall Auditorium. A
long with the "Magnificat" of
Bach, the program will include
other Christmas selections by
Palestrina, Luboff, Wilhousky,
Dawson and others. There is
no charge for admission.
The Jackson State College
Choir consists of sixty members
pursuing various academic
fields. They have pooled their
efforts in a concentrated way
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Jackson advocate., 1963-12-14
Puritan Self Righteousness
Blamed For Kennedy's Death

Washington, D. c., Dec. g.
The American heritage of pur-
itan self righteousness and vig-
ilante justice was blamed for the
death of President Kennedy and
his accused assassin here Thurs
day by Sen. J. William Full
bright.
The Arkansas Dem ocra t
called for searching, nationwide
self-examination to uncover and
erase the "baleful and incon-
gruous strand of intolerance
and violence" that mars Ameri-
can life.
1--WE must recognize that the
secular puritanism which we
have practiced, with its prin-
ciples Of absolute evil and in
tolerance of dissent, has been
an obstacle at home and the con-
duct Of an effective foreign
Jackson advocate., 1963-12-14
56th Holy Convocation Church
OF God In Christ Held

The Bishops consecrated were:
Bishop C. H. Nelson of Houston,
Texas to Texas south Central; /;
Bishop C. w. Williams of st.
Louis to s. E. Missouri and
Western Illinois No. 2; Bishop
M. Fl. Norman of Missouri to
Eastern Missouri; Bishop Leroy
Anderson of Buffalo, New
York; Bishop ]. Howard Sher-
man Of North Carolina. Bishop
D. A. Burton of Stellton, Penn
sylvania and Bishop Robert s.
Fields, Ohio.
During the conservation SER
vices the Senior Bishop o. T,
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Jackson advocate., 1963-12-14

and equality of opportunity for
all Americans, and he lived and
labored to make this belief a
living reality. He was a cham
pion of world peace and had lift
ed his voice in councils of the
nation for the abolition of war
and for the building of a world
fellowship and a fraternity of
understanding and goodwill.
Though brief were the days of
his sojourn in the White House,
they were packed with fruitful
toll. AS devout champion of
the rights of all men he has left
TO US a legacy of sacrificial SER
vice that will live as long as
the nation endures. Let us erect
to the martyr and hero, the
greatest possible monument. Let
it not be limited to embellished
stone, bronze, or brass; for these
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Jackson advocate., 1963-12-14

Washington, D. C. - De-
cember 5, 1868 - Scholarships
totaling $500 will be awarded
to seven high school students
chosen from more than 500 en-
tries in the Emancipation Gen.
tennial Essay Contest sponsor
ed by the National Council of
Negro Women, Inc.
The first prize, contributed
by the Nathan Hofheimer
Foundation, is a $1,000 scholar
ship awarded to the college OF
university of the winners
choice. The next six winners
will receive a $1,000 scholar
ship each, also awarded to the
college or university of the
individuals choice.
To be eligible, entries need
only to be high school students
residing in the United States,
Jackson advocate., 1963-12-14
Religious March On Congress
For Rights Vote Is Planned

Philadelphia CUPID "A
weekend religious march on
Congress" to urge legislators
to support a discharge petition
to permit the House to vote on
the civil rights bill appeared
to be developing Thursday
night.
One church leader said that
what was being organized was
"a religious march on Congress
to demonstrate church support
for this bill"
Protestant church leaders at
tending the National Council Of
Churches general assembly re-
solved to urge ministers and
Jackson advocate., 1963-12-14
Ghana Young
Pioneers Chant
TO Nkrumah

ACCr4s Gn208
In an assembly hall In down.
town Accra 100 boys and girls
raise right hands and pledge
to Give by the ideals of the
redeemer, Kwame Nkrumah,
founder of the State of Ghana,
initiator of the African per-
sonality."
Then the children, from tots
Of 4 to youths of II, chant in
unison:
"Nkrumah does no wrong.
Nkrumah is our leader. Nkru-
nah is our messiah. Nkrumah
never dies"
These are Ghana's Young
Pioneers, and this is the cere-
mony that opens their meet
ings. Similar pledges are re-
peated in schools and village
halls throughout the nation.
Membership Claim
The state-sponsored youth
movement of Ghana'S ruling
party claims q million men,
bers.
With an obvious smack at the
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Jackson advocate., 1963-12-14

the White House on Tuesday,
King said: ''The President
wants the civil rights bill out Of
the House Rules Committee i'm
mediately. He feels that the
bill should be out on the floor
of the House before Christmas" "
DR.. King, whose SCLC civil
rights organization has Operat-
ed on q non-partisan basis in
the past, reiterated IN earlier
statment to reporters that ''as
q Southerner / am very happy
that q fellow Southerner is in
the White House and concerned
about civil rights" :"
"Many Negroes who are not
quite aware Of political Develop
ments are still suspicious be-
cause he is q SoutheEner."
Asked by . newsman II he
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Jackson advocate., 1963-12-14
Johnson Urge
N elnoriaI Stamp
For Kennedy

President Lyndon B. johnson
has asked that a Kennedy mem.
orial postage stamp be issued.
1t is an American tradition
dating back to Lincoln, to issue
a memorial stamp when a Chie1
Executive dies in office.
The president has instructed
Postmaster General John A
Gronouski to confer on the mat
ter, at the appropriate time.
with Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy
and other members of the late
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Jackson advocate., 1963-12-14

policy" said Fulbright in a
luncheon speech here.
"We must recognize that the
romanticized cult Of the frontier
with its glorificatiOn Of vio-
lence and unrestrained individ-
ualism, is a childish and dan
gerous anachronism in . nation
which carries the responsibility
of the leadership Of the free
world in the nuclear age" he
added.
By renouncing extremism and
violence and calling forth Amer
ica's basic decency and human
ity, FuIbright said, the nation
might find some redemption for
Kennedy's death.
Fulbright spoke at ceremonies
honoring five government and
congressional workers who re-
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Jackson advocate., 1963-12-14
|FbI Director
Hoover Hits
Right & Left
III. S. Extremist
Ignited Flames That
Have Killed Decent
Americans

Washington.-Director J. Ed
gar Hoover said Wednesday
night extremists of the left and
right have "ignited the flames
that have killed decent Ameri-
cans"
The FBI chief made the state
ment in a speech to the Broth
erhood Of Washington Hebrew
Congregation, which presented
him with its brotherhood a
ward"
Hoover made no reference in
his speech to the assassination
of President Kennedy, apparent
ly because the FBI still is pre-
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Jackson advocate., 1963-12-14

MEMPHIS, Tenn.-The 56th
Holy Convocation of the Church
of God in Christ reached its
peak Sunday when seven cler-
gymen were consecrated to the
bishopric. Bishop 0. T. Jones,
Senior Bishop of the Church of
God in Christ conducted this
ceremony with the assistance Of
Bishop A. B. McEwen, Chair
man of the Executive Board,
and q committee Of Bishops dur
in the Sunday night services at
Mason Temple, Memphis, Tenn,
where the convocation was in
session from November rs
through December 8.
Jackson advocate., 1963-12-14
PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION
SETS HUMAN RIGHTS week

Washington - (NNPA) -
President Johnson called on all
Americans Monday to assist
each human being = regardless
of race, sex, creed, color, or
place of national origin = to
"enjoy fully the rights and
benefits of fundamental free
doms."
He did this in a proclamation
setting aside Dec. 10 as Human
Jackson advocate., 1963-12-14
Maryland Hosp.
Council Votes
To Ban Bias

Baltimore - The Hospital
Council of Maryland, which rep
resents the independent com.
munity hospitals throughout the
State, released last week a a.
point anti-discrimination state.
ment calling for an open door
racial policy in Maryland hos.
pitals. :.
Tn statement, released at the
councils annual meeting, said
its board of trustees "affirms
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Jackson advocate., 1963-12-14

Rights Day, and Dec. Is as Bill
of Rights Day.
The action was to commemo-
rate the adoption Is years ago
of the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights by the United
Nations.
Mr.. johnson said rededica-
tion to the humanitarian pre-
cepts enumerated in the declara-
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Jackson advocate., 1963-12-14
Black MusIinls
Puts Lid On
MaIcom X

Chicago Minister Malcolm
Shabazz addressing q public
meeting at Manhattan Center,
New York City, December /,
1868 did not speak for Muslims
when he made comments on
the death Of President John r.
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Jackson advocate., 1963-12-14

Senator Leroy A. Johnson of
Atlanta, the first Negro legis-
sator elected to the Georgia
State Senate in 80 years and the
recipient Of the Phi Beta Sigma
Fraternities National Social
Actions Award, viii be the Pub
lie Meeting Speaker Of the 49th
Anniversary Conclave Conven-
Jackson advocate., 1963-12-14
S. B. Fuller
Cosmetics King
Cites Drawbacks
TO Negro
Progress
See Need For
More Negro
Owned Business

NEW YORK, N. Y, Dec. 9
IS. B. Fuller, a Negro bust.
nessman, says it is his own
peoples "lack of initiative,
courage, integrity, loyalty. and
wisdom" that is largely respon-
sible for their slow economic
progress.
1t is not just the racial bar
rier. maintained the president
of Fuller Products Company of
Chicago before the annual
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Jackson advocate., 1963-12-14
Council Move Ia
Rid Protestant
Churches In USA
Of Racism
Adoption, Of Call
For Action Is Un-
Opposed

Philadelphia, Pa. Dec. 2 -
The General Assembly Of the
National Council of Churches,
passed without opposition a
10-point program to rid U. S.
Protestant churches of racism,
in its meeting here Friday.
Adoption of the "call of ac-
ton" came after an hour long
debate in which there were not
audible voices of opposition
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Jackson advocate., 1963-12-14

parishioners to write, wire, tele-
phone or visit their congress-
men in support of the discharge
petition.
Rev. DR.. Robert W. Spike,
director of the national coun-
cil's Commission on Religion
and Race, told the 5000 dele
gates he had been assured We'd
nesday by legislative leaders
that church support for the
discharge petition is the only
way of getting the bill onto
the floor Of the House and out
of the hands of the rules COM
mittee.
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Jackson advocate., 1963-12-14
Mayor Tells
Of Vigorous
Police Action
To Protect
Xmas Shoppers
NAACP Says More
Demonstrations To
Follow Unless City
Meets It's Demands

The national mourning period
for President Kennedy, with the
nations flag flying at half-mast,
that caused Governor Nelson
Rockefeller Of New York, and
Senator Barry Goldwater Of
Arizona, the two top contenders
for the Republican Party nomi-
nation for President Of the
United States, to call-off all
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Jackson advocate., 1963-12-14
Georgia's Negro Senator Sigma
Fraternity coneIave Speaker

lion of the National Fraternity,
which convenes on the campus
Of the Tennessee Agricultural
and Industrial State University,
Nashville, Tennessee, December
26 through December 80, 1868.
In announcing plans Of the
General Conclave Committee to
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Jackson advocate., 1963-12-14
Retired I uskegee
Professor Killed
In Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES. - James
Mundy ST., SO, long time pro-
fessor of mathematics at Tuske-
gee Institute, was struck by q
car as he was returning from
a memorial mass for President
Kennedy at st. Paul's Catholic
Church last week.
Mundy was q native Of North
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Jackson advocate., 1963-12-14
African Vote
Poses Test
Of Apratheid

Paramount Chief Victor Poto,
multiracialist leader who op-
poses the South African Gov
ernment's apartheid (racial
segregation) doctrine, has won
the Transkei general election
and forged ahead in his bid to
become chief minister of this
country's first "Bantustan."
This became clear when the
final eight results Of the Nov.
20 election were announced,
giving the chief the support of
the majority of the successful
candidates.
A total Of As of the 109-
member Legislative Assembly
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East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1963-04-25
James Conway
Is Speaker for
81 Breakfast

James P. Conway, vice pres
ident for development at Ursu-
line College and former execu-
tive secretary of the John Car
roll University Alumni, will ad-
dress the st. Joseph High AL
umni at their first annual COM
munion breakfast on Sunday,
May 5th. Mass will he at 10
a. m. in the school cafeteria.
Conway will discuss "Horiz-
ons for Young Men''-which
promises a number Of thought
provoking ideas.
Reservations for the affair
should be phoned to Fred Beegle
(YE. 2-4549) before Wednes-
day. May 1st. Include name,
class. phone and number in
group.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1963-04-25
Boho'is Observe
70Oth Birfhduy

Wednesday the Baha'is Of
Cleveland will hold a meeting
at the Glenville YMCA, located
at It'll st. Clair ave. This
meeting. which commentaries
the hundredth anniversary of
as the Prophet-Founder of the
the declaration of Baha'u'llah
Bahai World Faith, will start
at 8 p. m. and is open to the
general public.
The program will consist of
a taped talk by William Sears,
former TV and radio commen-
tator, a short talk by the
chairman for the evening, Miss
Janice Wildman, and series
Of slides on the Baha'i house
of worship in Wilmette, Ill.
The balance Of the evening
will be devoted to a question
and answer period during which
time a panel of three members
Of the Baha'i Faith and Miss
Wildman will answer any
questions which the general
public may wish to ask them.
As in all Baha'i meetings,
there is no admission charge.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1963-04-25

Lawrence f. Buehner, a
junior at St. Joseph High School
won two awards in the annual
Poppy Poster Contest, sponsored
by the American Legion Auxil-
iary in conjunction with Poppy
Days, which will be held May
23rd oath, throughout the Great
er Cleveland area.
Larry is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Erhart j. Buehner, of
1905 East 38th st. He is major
ing in Art under the super
vision of Brother Robert Kunesh,
S.M., art director at st. Joseph.
Larry is also a member of the
Art Club at school and is on the
art staff Of the school news
paper, "The Norseman."
Both awards were presented
by Mrs. Katherine Breznay,
President Of the American Le-
gion Auxiliary, New York Cen
trail Lines, Unit 999.
Unit 900, was proud to pre-
sent Larry with the first prize
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1963-04-25
Creations Hold
Dinner Dance

A roast beef dinner and the
music of the Nick Tarach or
chestra will highlight the Gro.
attain dinner-dance on Sunday
April 2Sth, at the Croatian
Hall, 18Th Waterloo rd.
The dinner will be served
from ! to 5 p. m., chairman
George Salinger announced.
Rose Gustin and Mary Jenovic
are in charge of the arrange
ments.
Tickets are available at the
Croatian Home. The public is
invited.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1963-04-25
About People

Private First Class Dennis
VI. Zaborc, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Martin A. Zaborc of 7SS East
154th ST., and Private First
Class Daniel Williams, ir., son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel vii
Hams, ir., Of 1913 Darwin, are
serving with the Third Bat
talon, Second Marine Regi-
ment, an infantry unit Of the
Second Marine Division at
Camp Lejeune, \. c.
Named to the deans list al
Fem College for the winter
quarter were Sandra koss
1856 Larchmont rd.; Maureer
MorrisSey, 2S1 East 150th st
and Francine Ranallo, 1924
Lake Shore blvd.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1963-04-25
Ohio Poetry
Conference

The April meeting of the
Ohio Poetry Society takes
place at Fem College on Sat-
urday, during Ohio Versewrit-
ers Conference.
Sponsors are the society and
Fem College Poetry Center, di-
rected by Lewis Turco of the
faculty of the college, and Lor-
ing Williams. editor of Ameri-
can Weave, Cleveland.
The following is schedule
of the conference, at which
guests and students are well
come upon payment of admis-
sion fee:
Friday: Z p m, Registration.
s p m, Program of readings by
three regional poets, Mac Ham
mond, Roberta Turner and Rus
sell Atkins. 9;30 p m, Auto
graph coffee hour. Participants
for Saturdays program will be
present to autograph,
Saturday: 9;30 a. M, Late
registration. 10 a. m, Panel
symposium, Irving Feldman,
James Crenner and Miller Will
liams. u noon, Conference
luncheon luncheon can be qua
ranteed only to those who make
advance registrations).
l p. M, Special EXHIBITS, 2:30
p. m., Lecture by Judson
Jerome. $3.50 p m, Forum !;
Questions and answers, audi
ence and all speakers taking
part. $50 p. M, Reading of
Poems, \. j. Kennedy, winner
of The Lamont Poetry Award,
1861.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1963-04-25
CZ UBS
Senior Boards
Spring Banquet

Women's Senior Board o1
Euclid Glenville Hospital mem
bers are taking time off from
volunteer duties for social ac.
tivity.
The group Is having its An,
nual Spring Banquet at Char
lite Room. 22350 Lake Shore
blvd, on Monday, May 9Th, al
- noon, with guests welcome
Reservations must be made
by May 2nd. Call or see Mrs
c. Fortner, RE. 1-7620, 2541t
Benton ave.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1963-04-25
Larry Buehner Wins PIaudits
In Area Poppy Poster Contest

of $5 given by their Unit. He
also took first prize of S.
awarded by the American Legion
18th District of Auxiliaries.
His winning poster,
among others from the State
of Ohio, will be Judged at the
American Legion, Department Of
Ohio convention, which will be
held in Cleveland, July 10TH
21st.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1963-04-25
Service New S

Airman Basic John A. Pohl,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. John A.
Pohl, 3569S Stevens blvd, is
now stationed in Abilene, Texas
with the United States Air
Force.
He is a graduate Of Collin
wood High School.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1963-02-13

dicated here to the unfinished
work which they who fought
here have thus far so nobly
advanced :" OF this Get
tysburg address the poet Mas
ON wrote:
He saw the graves of heroes
sleeping,
He saw mems eyes suffused
and dim;
A triumph great, nation
weeping,
Found true expression there
in him.
No impulse this, no actor
speaking
OF thoughts which came by
happy chance;
The man, the place. were
Gods own seeking;
The words our inheritance"
How futile for us to cry out
Washington! Lincoln, Lee! Oh
that you were living at this
hour! American; the world
have need of you! The same
Almighty God who guided and
helped others in the past is
living to guide and help ded-
icated leaders and followers
today
What doth the Lord require
OF thee, but to do justly, and
love mercy, and to walk hum
bly, with thy God?" Micha
6:8.
And thine ears shall hear