Flint Spokesman [Volume: 1, Issue: 33]

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BETWEEN THE LINES

By DEAN GORDON B. HANCOCK
A GREAT CAUSE JEOPARDIZED

The controversy now raging within the ranks of the AME
Church is a matter of profound concern, far beyond the constituency of that great church. The cause of AME-ism is too
closely~ bound up with the advancement of the Negro race to
suffer loss. That illustrious council of bishops must find some
way to compose the difference that now threaten disaster to
the outstanding example of Negro leadership.

~ If these bishops will just emulate the Christ they have
preachad with such power and effectiveness, the situation can
easily be saved. But if this more excellent way is not accepted and followed, dire things may conceivably result from the
current controversy. The sweat and tears that have gone into
the AME Church must not be made of no effect by the pursuance of selfish ends by those in high places. The cause of
AME-ism is greater than any bishop or combination of bishops.

This is said in interest of the future of this great church,
in the most objective way, for it would be injudicious and unwise of this writer to take sides in such matter. My chief concern is the safety of this great church. Anything that happéns to this branch of Zion is of great concern to me. I understand and appreciate most keenly the great men who have
made this church great, and the greatness of the church itself.
But I know that no cause is so great that it can withstand too
many mistakes and too much selfishness of the leaders into
whose hands its future is committed. Although I am a Baptist, | doubt that there is anywhere in this nation. or world
anyone who appreciates more than | the achievements of the
Methodist Church of which the AME branch stands out so

conspicuously.

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Divisionism among Negroes is a dangerous symptom.
The charge has ofi~n been made that Negro leadership is capable only within &mall limits and beyond these, secret ambitions re andj leaders kill off leatlers and leave the work
My own denomination is
cursed wit iSionism.. This is seen in the multiplication of
the store-front churches in our large cities.

Once I| was traveling through a certain city and was impressed with one of the great Baptist churches there. It was
large and prosperous and pastored by a magnificent man of
great influence and training. He was soon called to other.
parts. Within a couple of years | chanced to pass again that
way and found thise great church had split. A few years later
| passed and the splits had split; anid from the last account the
splits and the splits were*about to split.

Already. the cause of Negro methodism has suffered several splits. There is the ME, the CME, the AME and_ the
AMEZ. Does the church want still others? In the USA we
have. two ~~national~~ Baptist conventions. In states like Virginia we have two state conventions. The white brotherhood
is making desperate efforts to get together, because the sheer
cost of financing makes prohibitive the cost of financing splits
and divisions. In the economic realms combinations are going on apace and mergers are common news. [f big business
needs to concentrate its energies, if these monumental corporations are unable to finance divisions, then how much more

fitting it is for poor Negroes and their causes to find ways of |

sticking together.

In times like these and conditions such as face the Ne
grees of this country, further division, in our major denomina
- tions is suicidal. The time is at hand when Negro \eadership must prove itself by keeping our major czganizations intacts

major cause among Negroes. The man most to be feared

among Negro leaders is the man who wants to ~pull out~:..d

start something new. This ~~~pulling out~ propensity not on

the~ ~~puller out~~ but the ~~puller in.~.

let them fight, let. them fight it out without thought of any
further divisions among themselves. Let there be no irreparable schism. But above alli, let Methodism be advised that
whosoever even hints or suggests further division in their
ranks, is their greatest enemy. I speak in the most general
te-ms withoct even intimating that I am sufficiently informed
to speak on the merits of the case. Even if | knew these merits |
it would be impolite and intrusive of a brother churchgnan to |
interpose a biased opinion.. The leadership of the great AME |
church is being weighed ir the balance. A great cause is jeo-!,
pardized! a

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if the great men of the great AME Church must fight; |

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gcinst the rampant divisionism that is threatening every |'+

THE FLINT SPOKESMAN, 8" SPIRIT SHALL
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FROM HOME!~~

Motorman F reed
{n Negro Slaying.

ATLANTA ~ ANP ~ W. D.
Lee, 22. year old white streetmotorman, was exonerated
last wtek in recorder~s ~court
in connection with: the slaying
of Walter Lee Johrison, 22 year
old Negro veterar.
which had been -prosecuted by
the Atlanta branch NAACP. Said
Callaway: -~I don~t believe this
man got off the car with intent
of committing murder. I think

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Judge A. W. Calloway, accused by Drew Pearson of being a Klansman, ran ~4rue te
form in dismissing the _ case
~h2 went out to remonstrate with
him. This man had no idea of
committing murcer..No jury on
earth would convict him, so I

~intimidation~ ~and threats
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the s2nate campaign |
tunes. investigating committee

Two investigators have et in~ =

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Witnesses testified that the, strectear stopped ~Rear Where
Johnson was.. standing, and th>
| motorman ~yelled, ~Don~t repeat
these~ remarks.~ The operator
later said that Johnson had cursed at~ him. A scuffle ensued

and the young veteran was shot.

It: marked the third: time durDVRs ing the year that - motormen
have killed Negroes in Atlanta
and been exonerated.

SENTENCE SERMONS

~By REV. FRANK CLARENCE LOWRY

Those who insist upon following their own stubborn ways,
will be found running into their own blind alleys some of
these days.

Keeping everything to yourself, and making no provision
for a final exit, is telling Satan you will meet his terms and
even in death be willing to risk it.

can't do as they please.

For this earth wasn~t made just for folks to move around,|

in, but most especially to give praise and glory to God, and te
prepare for our final end.

Such men.as the master scientist, the late George Wash
ington Carver and the immortal Abraham Lincoln, took time
out to get acquainted with God, and to inake of Him a close

friend.

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Satan tells men that God is too severe with His controls,
then offers with higher wages, decontrols, for honer and in
In this world you must trust somebody, and failing to do} tegrity, and ensnares their souls for time and: eternity

so, nobody will trust you.

Even Heaven is asa great trust company...-If man fail
to put their trust in God, then He can~t do business with. them.

For God to know who's who and best fitted for this
rank in His kingdom, He certainly can't run - the rik of neking
men at random. 4%

When men are worthy He honors them with a trusteeship
here; and then permits them to go on eternally. into another
career.

God can~t use men who can only boast of cash and bursting safety boxes, but only those who willingly serve with love
and don~t run off into holes like foxes.

Those who evade sacrifices and seek only fees and ease,
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