The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1963-04-04


@ viii you please state your
NAME sir? A. That's correct sir
A. James O. Eastand O. Chairman of tn
VILE Mississippi Subcommittee on Internal Secu
O. And you Chairman o the riy?
Senate Judiciary Committee? (Contmued on rage %
and ask you print this comment from
supply pastor day wants to be member Oh
ence solid foundation- the foundations De oe
stroyed what can righteous do?" Psalms n3
Yours in His Service
Berts C. Rouse, Pastor
Methodist Church
Route
Hattesburg Mississippi
And that my friends the good, solid MISSISSIPPI
preacher ought sound-whether he can read or not
Have evil done by those Met
odt Msts? Well the day following publication of the state
misguided souls all Methodist sfs too
part said they endorsed the thing mat
bad enough to corrupt of the CLOTH
spread probably the largest Methodist Church IN TN
state the Galloway Jackson to the pastor there DR.
B Selah who wild and completely reckless statement
You don't believe it? Read this
.Jess said One is your Father you brothers.
The doctrine the God and the Brotherhood OF
in christs teaching For seventeen years
preached of Christian love from the pulpit OF
Galloway Church This law that we must
seek for men, white the justice the same
rights opportunities that seek for ourselves
Nothing this Christian love To discriminate against
of his color or his creed is contrary TO the WIN
of God Forced segregation We should voluntarily
desegregate public facilities We should treat men not on
the basis of color the basis of conduct
of Christian principle there can be no color
bar in Christian sinful for white people to
worship with white people for colored people 10
prefer worship with coored people The sin comes when
church before the Cross of Christ
AS Christians to You cannot come
into God No Conference preacher no official
color in the church That matter Is
determined of Christianity which an inclusive
fellowship of those the Lord The house of God
house of prayer all people-black and white
membership in the church he is not
his skin He asked about his faith
God Christ Salvation not by color but by
faith There be no color bar Christian institution
denial of Christian brotherhood Any
regousweakens the nation by
hostile sets against race churc
This plays into the hands OF the Communists
and for them to do their diabolcal work
every citizen, black white is entitled to the
opportunity the state affords In struggle
need to offer all our people the best
possible training long the fight for freedom will
nation which produces the finest brains and the
best character The public schools must be kept
preacher to echo opinions The freedom of the pulpit must
community but must state his convictions and
disagree with things say they want to declare
convictions think the genius of the Methodist
Church Thoughtful laymen will demand free pulpit Only
free pulpit inspires people to think.
"A these things stated to people times
before"
that wasn't evil and subversve statement bu
it's thought otherwise day two after maxim
the statement hospazed with heorrhagng ulcer
Divine Retributon and at
sonic speed too
Personally long time religion 1t good TO
without benefit of twenty upstairs who
really, sincerely, believe what they said they did