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Charlie Shaw and I went down to the diocesan conference at TEXAS EDITOR WRITES OF RACE Beaumont to speak against the discriminations, injustices and RELATIONS IN CHURCH embarrassment that the Church v/as practicing against its Negro members. Immediately after publication. FINDS THAT CONVENTION OF THE DIOCESE we had finished the bishop ad­ and BREAKS THROUGH DISCRIMINATION journed the meeting, and the next day, when we were not reuse present rabid leaders of Beau­ for By Carter Wesley and I have not taken time to get mont gave Charlie and me the Publisher of the Houston Informer and permission. After talking about Communicant of St. Luke's devil, particularly me, by saying the brutal.cowardly murdering I was a trouble-maker, etc., etc. required * I am an Episcopalian. For of the two boys that the sheriff a number of years I have been One of the most outspoken men at war with the leadership in was taking from one jail to the in this attack was C. McFarland, my Church on the ground that other, and of Mr. Moore's in­ a prominent man from an old Permission they were too complacent, and terest in the prosecution of the family, a prominent business were not militantly fighting- as sheriff as a part of the back­ man and one of the outstanding ground for the editorial, the men in our Church. He was

DFMS. disciples of God for right. Well, / last week my priest gave me a editor says: "The green light the man who had said that they great thrill when he brought me which has been given to this had had trouble with Carter

Church a copy of the church organ, lawlessness by the inaction of Wesley in Beaumont, he is a "The Witness," in which the the authorities is bad enough, man I have never seen, never lead editorial addressed itself but the implications of the sit­ had any contact with, never had any trouble with at all, and as Episcopal to the bombing and killing of uation go far beyond." Then he points out that in every cafe a matter of fact, have had no the Harry Moore and his wife at of Mims, Florida. The mere touch­ in Paris, Soviets are saying that trouble with any person in ing of this matter was not of this proves the charge of geno­ Beaumont personally of any importance, because many peo­ cide (killing of a nation) kind. But he had made the Archives ple have touched it. But here brought against America for statement in the open debate in the editor of this Church paper its murdering of Negroes. The the Church, and the Associated 2020. spoke as a disciple of Christ editorial ends by saying, "There Press picked it up and carried should speak about wrongs, and is no use in turning our backs it all over the state. condemned the thing from the on this. There is no use in Naturally, when they said Copyright moral, legal and every other squeaking feebly that this kind that they were meeting again standpoint without hesitation, of thing happens only once in in Beaumont this year, I didn't and with unanswerable logic and awhile. There is no use in say­ even want to see Beaumont, or sense. I got religion all over ing Russia is worse. There is th'nk of Beaumont and its peo­ again because I could feel and nc use in saying we have to go ple in our Church. sense that here my Church of­ slow . . ' Can't you see Christ Father told me that they not ficials were talking about the whipping the money-changers only had fellowship on equal thing that I understand Chris­ out of the temple, as you read basis in the Church, but they tianity to mean, and were ex­ an editorial like this by a repre­ had the banquet in one of the hibiting it openly and for all to sentative of the pulpit? hotels in Beaumont to which all see and read. I wish I could the members were invited, with­ carry the editorial, I have been Father also told me of out regard to race or creed, and tempted to, but it is a long one another heart-warming experi­ in which they all sat without re­ ence. About four years ago gard to race but on the basis

THE WITNESS-OCTOBER 16, 1952 Thret of where they wanted to sit. tion in accordance to their sin- church's "open-door ministry," Yes, I know, you'il say that's ';er'ty, or in accordance to the the central part of which is that a pretty good victory, but listen particular thing that they are since November, 1929, the doors —who do you think was pre­ assigned to do, without regard of the Church of the Ascension siding- at the banquet at the to color. We have been having have not been closed. He said hotel ? Well, you wouldn't guess in the diocese area here at Hat £5,000 persons a year "en- t-r this church throughout the it, but it was Mr. McFarlsnd Houston meetings together of day and night for prayer and himself who was the master of all kinds, and everybody like- praise, fully as many as come ceremonies! You're wrong it. The poor old Dixiecrats to attend services on Sunday." again, he didn't slur over the can't do anything about it, be­ Speaking of the new psycho­ fact that Negroes were there cause their laws don't govern logical service, Dr. Foust said, he, being a Texan—and you the Church, and the Church can "We have many times failed to know we Texans are as brash run itself in its walls as it sees fit. meet the deepest needs of those as they make 'em—said that who come through our open four years ago when they had publication. ; CHURCH OF ASCENSION c oors seeking help which only a had the meet ng was awfully HAS ANNIVERSARY man equipped with the skills and hot, but the budding and the • The Church of the Ascen­ and insights of modern psychol­ church were cold. But he added, sion, New York, opened the cele­ reuse ogy, as well as religion, can give. "Tonight the meeting is hot, for bration of its 125th anniversary Such people have heretofore but also the building is hot, and of the formal admission of the been referred to other churches everybody is having a good which could give this help. required time; I want to welcome the "Now we shall no longer have members of this diocesan coun­ to send people away, for we cil, and when I say members I have added to our staff a man mean all members!"

Permission of devotion, skill and pastoral Sure, I was mad with that Mc- insight through whom we may Farland for what he said four extend our open-door ministry DFMS. / years ago that was not true in the spirit of those who found­ and was just vicious and bitter ed this church 'for the sake of those who do not belong to it.'

Church and unchristian. But in my book a guy that is big enough to turn "That by no means implies around, to face b-ck to his error that those who do belong may and to square up to the truth in not avail themselves freely of Episcopal front cf everybody, is okeh, and all the ministries which the the church provides; it does mean

of Mr. McFarland is ckch in my bock. Nov/ back of all of that that we who give of ourselves is not something that just eased and our substance to help others

Archives around, but the bishop, whom I are less likely to need a physi­ had looked askance at 0:1 this cian. In losing and giving our DB. FOUST 2020. question of moral courago, has life to others in need in any way, proven himself to be foursquare parish into the diccese with a we shall the more surely find it." as a representative and disc'ple service on October 5th. It is the SOLDIERS FORM Copyright of Christ in the effective manner oleest church building on Fifth by which he has brought h's Avenue. The celebration will ASSOCIATION Church up to date and pushed it continue through Ascension Day * Efforts of servicemen of out in front in the mater of in May. the Second Armored Division treating men as men and as One of the features of the and other units of the Seventh Christians, without reprrd ti celebration was the inauguration Army stationed in Western Ger­ race. It means a lot to me to of a ministry of healing, with many to form a new organiza­ be able to think of my b:'shop the Rev. Clinton J. Kew, Wit­ tion of Christians in the military again with respect, and without ness columnist, opening the first service have met with initial the reservations that used to seivice on October 8th. They success, according to Sfc Wil­ always accompany my thinking will be held each Wednesday at liam Stringfellow (of North- of him. In our Church for the noon. The rector of the parish, hamton, Mass.) one of the lead­ most part the people move and the Rev. Roscoe T. Foust, in ers in the new group. have being and action and posi­ his sermon, emphasized the Stringfellow, together with a

THE WITNESS-OCTOBER 16, 1952 Four dozen other officers and enlisted Christian servicemen visit every TRAINING CONFERENCE men of the armored infantry theological school and seminary FOR LAYMEN battalion and other units, began in the states and place before *Laymen of more than a hun­ about a month ago to organize the men who are going to be dred parishes met with Bishop a new "ecumenical" fellowship our ordained leadership in the Bloy in Pasadena for a training of Christian servicemen. In a future the experience and op­ conference, launching the 1953 meeting recently of the group, portunity which awaits them in Church program. The meeting over a hundred others joined in the military chaplaincy. And I was in charge of William H. what is now known as the don't mean recruiting men to Siegmund of Los Angeles who h servicemen's Christian associa­ make their life-time ministry in the chairman of the committee tion. At the meeting they the chaplaincy, but rather re­ on laymen's work in the areas. heard Stringfellow describe the cruiting younger ministers for Other leaders of the conference need for such a group in this two or three years service in were Bishop Campbell; Chester way: the chaplain's corps," Stringfel­ Rude, banker; Frank Cooey, low proposed. newspaper man; Edward De- "Our meeting together has publication. Sfc. Stringfellow has been a Patie, movie executive; Kenneth significance because it demon­ leader in Christian youth activi­ Carey, attorney; Alfred B. and strates our conviction that ties for several years, having Fooke, college professor. They Christians in every situation—

reuse represented the Episcopal dealt with various phases of the including the army—must work

for Church at international Chris­ Church's program. and worship and serve as one tian youth conferences, and ser­ . . . because it shows that wo ved while a student at Bates THE PICTURE ON have learned that we cannot get required College as chairman of the THE COVER along without each other and United Student Christian Coun­ -k Dean Sherman Johnson of without each other's different cil in the United States. He the Church Divinity School of opinions and convictions and in­ has remained while in the army the Pacific greets Dean Paul Permission sights of the Christian faith." a member of the world's student Roberts of St. John's Cathedral, Christian servicemen of sev­ Christian Federation executive Denver,, as the latter returned eral Protestant denominations, DFMS. from a trip to Honolulu. The

/ committee. While studying as and of the Orthodox and Roman a Rotary Fellow at the London Denver dean addressed the stu­ Catholic Churches are partici­ School of Economic and Political dents of the seminary, the first

Church pating in the association. Science in 1950 he was active time in his long career that he "We have listened to those in the Student Christian Move­ has spoken to a body of sem­ who say that the Church has ment of Great Britain. inarians.

Episcopal neglected and forgotten service­ the men and women," Stringfellow of asserted, "but you and I know that this is impossible because we—along with those who are Archives still at home—are the Church, The question is whether any of 2020. us have neglected or forgotten the Church since we have come into the army." Copyright Stringfellow did, however, at­ tribute the shortage of chaplains upon "a complacency in the Churches over the present emer­ gency, a lack of understanding by Christians who are not in the military service of the tre