The Negro's church,.

The Message of the Minister

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color or class, I would not want that thing. I would not and I
could not pile up my millions if I had to do it at the expense of
long hours and low wages on the part of those who produce the
wealth.
Our government with such a Kingdom as this could not spend
78 per cent. of its national income on past and future wars. The
nations of the world would not spend their billions in preparation
for human slaughter. It would not be a question of the reduction of armaments but the abolition of armaments. We talk
about disarmament; but really there is only one way to disarm
and that is to disarm. If I possessed twelve pistols, I would be
potentially dangerous; if I had only one pistol, I would still be
potentially dangerous. The way to disarm, is to disarm. As long
as nations prepare for war, they are going to fight war. Girl
babies do not hate dolls as a result of giving them dolls to play
with. Our young men will never hate war as long as we make
gods out of war heroes and as long as our government gives
students war implements to play with.
If this kind of Kingdom should come to the world, there would
not be a mad rush to control and dominate the economic resources
of the earth; but a passion to share all the goods of God's world
with all of God's people. There would be no need of armies and
navies, aeroplanes and submarines for war purposes, and no need
of poisoning gases, battleships and machine guns. The nations
of the earth would trust each other. And until they do trust each
other, the world will continue to be a burning volcano capable of
eruption at any moment.
If this kind of a Kingdom should come to the earth, no race
would want to keep another race down. Our military forces
would not be in Nicaragua; they would not be in Haiti. We
would gladly help the Philippines to independence and without
condescension and without patronage. India would be free and
Africa would not be exploited. All forms of segregation and discrimination such as those that exist in the United States in the
expenditures of public funds, in travel, in politics and those that
operate against us in social and economic areas would all disappear if the Kingdom of God should come. The fact is, America
does not want these discriminations to disappear. America does