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CIVIL LIBERTY AND DEMOCRACY
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According to the Fourteenth Amendment to the Con
stitution “ All persons bom or naturalized in the United
States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens
of the United States and of the states wherein they reside.”
Civil Liberty includes all the individual rights which
we have under or against our government. Political liberty
includes ail privileges which are enjoyed by a citizen who
shares in the work of the government.
Under our Constitution and the Bill of Rights many
privileges and things were promised and vouched for, viz:
Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Press, Freedom of Thought,
Religious Freedom, The Right of Franchise, Freedom of
Action, Trial by Jury, the protection of Life, Liberty and
Prosperity and many others not mentioned herein.
But, think how long and toilsome was the journey of
man before he gained Civil Liberties and the ideals of
Democracy! Before he was able to put it in practical form
and make it operative for his benefit. Think of the age
long periods when the mass of mankind had little in life
to differentiate them from the beast of the field; when
man’s mind was given nothing to feed upon, and his body
only that which would make it useful to bear burdens;
when the soul had nothing to satisfy is aspiration, but was
atrofied from disuse and had no aspirations. Think of the
hard and fast lives drawn about the individual life— con
fines which could not be passed. And then think how,
little by little, by revolt of mind and body, by force of
intellect and force of arms, by blood, by conflict and by
conquest, the masses of mankind broke down the barriers
and reached the high ground of opportunity, became con
scious of itself and emerged into a vital atmosphere where
growth and expansion and aspiration were possible.
To think that we have lived to see and witness mech
anized instruments of death and torture and destruction,
manned and directed by madmen spitting fire and causing
cities to be destroyed, helpless and defenseless women and
children maimed and killed. We have seen our beloved
Christian religion scoffed at, discarded and attempted to
be set aside and a form of pagan worship substituted there
for. We have seen virtue and chastity challenged and forni
cation and bastardy substituted therefore with the sanction
of those in power; we have seen young and innocent virtuos
girls selling their womanhood and in some cases sent by
their parents—by order of the dictators—in order to bring
into the world illegitimate offspring—as “ War Fodder”
against democracies of the world and to destroy our cher
ished liberties. We have heard the cry “Down with Democ
racies! Nazism must be Universal.”
It therefore, behooves America, and the United States
in particular, to give more attention to the Civil and Politi
cal Liberties of its citizens; to be fair and just to all man
kind and that all men, in reality and truth and not super
ficially, be assured of "Fair Play". Let the doctrine of
“ Do unto others as you would have them do to you” pre
vail and that they will be allowed to enjoy and exercise
those inaliable rights so near and dear to mankind.
And let us not forget that appeal to prejudice and
pride delude men and cause them to fail to see their mis
takes or act wisely. Let us also remember that if evil
exist in the community, if injustice and oppression some
where prevail the officers are only partially responsible.
We cannot discharge the duties of citizenship by simply
technically observing the law, or by finding fault without
offering a remedy. We must mold public opinion which
makes the law, direct public opinion which enforces it.
W e must above all things, and especially, members of my
group, Negroes, perform all the full duties of citizenship
before we condem for inefficiency or unjust action those in
charge of our institutions under which we live. There is
no need of the change in our American form of G ov
ernment. It is the fairest, the best and the most cherished
form of government that history ever knew. All needed
is that the laws are properly, equitably and impartially
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enforced fo rail races and creeds.
The call is less for a change in the institutions than
for a change to the vigilance and civic activities of indi
vidual citizens or citizenship. “ Those eighteen men upon
whom the tower of Si loam fell and slew, think ye, that
they were sinner above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
I tell you nay.”
This is our government. We are its custodians— regard
less of races; we are bound then in private life to be alert
every hour and exert our influence in every responsible
way for its betterment or protection in order to preserve
our Civil Liberties and to insure us that the Ideals of
Democracy will be protected, upheld and continued.
In order to understand what kind of Democracy we
would enjoy I will quote certain passages of H. G. Wells,
in his book “ The Outline of History” .
“ It will be based upon a common world religion, very
much simplified and universalized and better understood.
This will not be Christianity nor Islam nor Buddhism nor
any such special form of religion, but religion itself pure
and undefiled; the Eightfold Way, the Kingdom of Heaven,
brotherhood, creative service, and self-forgetfulness.
Throughout the world men’s thoughts and motives will
be turned by education, example and the circle of idea of
ideals about them the obsession of self to the cheerful ser
vice of human knowledge, human power and human unity.
The day may be close at hand when we shall no longer
tear out the hearts of men, even for the sake of our national
gods.”
CHURCH DIRECTORY
CHURCH OF GOD
2518 N. Williams and Russell
Rev. O. F. Brown, Pastor.
Sunday School, 10 a. m.
• Morning Worship, 11 a. m.
Evening Worship, 8 p. m.
BETHEL CHURCH, A. M. E.
N. McMillen and Larrabee
Portland, Oregon
ST. PHILIP'S CHURCH
(Episcopal)
Vicar L. O. Stone
N. E. Knott and Rodney
Portland, Oregon
7:45 a. m., Communion Service
10 a. m. Church School
11 a. m., Morning Prayer
Thursday 9 a. m. Communion
Service._________________________
The Church of God in Christ
Working with All Nations
Sunday school, 9:45 a. m.
Regular Services, 11 a. m.
YPWW Services, 5 p. m.
Evangelist Services, 7:30 p. m.
Prayer Meeting every Friday
night at 309 N. E. Hancock St.
Week-day Services every Tues
day and Thursday, 7:30 p. m.
Elder C. L. SIMMS, Pastor.
CATHOLIC CHAPEL OF THE
LITTLE FLOWER
AFRICAN METHODIST
EPISCOPAL ZION CHURCH
Rev. J. F. Smith
2007 N. Williams Ave.
Portland, Oregon
ALL NATIONS CHURCH OF
GOD IN CHRIST
Elder James S. Lomax, Pastor
Multnomah and Wililams Ave.
ORDER OF SERVICES:
Tuesday and Thursday: Evan
gelistic Services 7:45.
Wednesday: Prayer Meeting at
Sunday: Sunday School 10:00,
7:45.
Morning Service 11:45, Y. P. W.
W. 6:30. Evening Service 8:00.
PEOPLE'S COMMUNITY
BAPTIST CHURCH
N. E. 74th and Glisan St.
Rev. R. E. Donaldson, Minister
SERVICES:
Sunday School 10:30 a. m.
Morning Worship 11 a. m.
B. Y. P. U. Meeting 7 p. m.
WILLIAMS AVE. CHURCH OF
GOD IN CHRIST
Elder Claud L. Lampkin, Pastor
2504 N. Williams Ave.
ORDER OF SERVICES:
Monday and Friday: Evange-
iistical Services 7:30. Wednesday
Bible Band 8:00. Sunday, Sunday
School 10, Morning Service at
11:30. Y. P. W. W., 6:30. Evening
Services :45.
Come One! Come All!
Mrs. Lampkin, Reporter.
UNITED
CHURCH MINISTRY
Force and Broadacres
Vanport City
Sunday School, 9:30 a. m.
Worship, 11 a. m.
Worship, 8 p. m.
Inter-Denominational Services.
Rev. Leslie Denton, Minister.
Inter-racial
21 N. E. Broadway
Rev. Jerome M. Schmitz, Chapl.
Miss Doris Reynolds, Catechist
SERVICES:
Sunday, Mass and Sermon:
CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
9 o’clock a. m.
Wednesday, Novena Devotions: Rev. B. M. McSwain, Pastor.
________ 8 o’clock p. m.
120 S. W. Front Ave.
Portland, Oregon.
ST. JAMES BAPTIST CHURCH
SERVICES:
Morning Worship, 12 noon.
Rev. J. S. Ferguson, Pastor
Evening Worship at 8.
120 N. E. Russell St.
Every Tuesday and Friday
New Masonic Hall.
evening 8.
Morning services 11:30 a. m.;
Radio Broadcast every Sunday
Evening services at 8 o’clock. morning at 8 oo’colck over Sta
Come thou with us and we will tion KWJJ.
do thee good.
HOUSE OF PRAYYER
2205 S. E. 10th Ave.
REV. B. T. CAREY
SERVICES
8 a. m. Radio Broadcast.
Vanport Community
10:30 a. m., Sunday School.
Church
12 noon, Morning Worship.
The Benevolence Church
6:30 p.m., Young Peoples Meet.
2405 N. Cottonwood Ga. 4092
8 p. m., Evangelistic Services.
Wednesday, Friday and Satur
Vanport City. Or*.. Apt. 1559
day, 8 p. m., Evening worship.
OREGON FRATERNAL ASSOCIATION
1412 N. Williams Avenue