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Poi tla ra l/o b s e rv e r T hursday A p r il 6, 1972 Page 5
Religion in the News
Students honor Dr. King
M onday,
f
Union
Fellowship
service
Community loses leader
Paaior
Edgar I.. Jackson
passed away on A p r il 4, 1972.
lie was boin in M a rtin P e rry ,
O hio on Sepleiuhei 16, 1895.
He w is I'a s to i of A ll Nations
N azerlne C lw rch fo r 14 yeai s,
a lte i which lie became P astor
of
A ll Nations Com m unity
C hurch lot seven years w ith
out sa la ry and suffered many
tim es in ord st to lielp othei
m em bers of the congregation.
P a sto r Jackson lived
his
C h ris tia n life by serving God
tin «aigh serving his neighbors.
He was Instrum ental In se rv
ing
w ith many Com m unity
O rg a n iz a tio n s tie fo ie g o ve rn
ment pro gra m s began.
He
was found try in g to meet Hat
needs of those who were less
fortun ate than be.
He served on die oi Iglnal
W at on Poverty C om m ittee,
the Model C itie s C om m ittee,
tlie
P ortla nd
tnetrofiol itan
S teeling
C o m m i t t e e , the
P o lice Relations C om m ittee,
I.h o t Neighborhood Commun
ity A ssociation, was on the
M ultnom ah
County W elfare
C om m ission lo r four years,
and seive.1 a S ecretary for
tlie Albina M in is te ria l A l
liance. He was in stium e ntal
in getting the f ir s t black hired
l>y F re d M ve rs.
Reverend Jackson was ded
icated to the A dult S e n io rC it-
izens P ro g ra m , lie was the
o rig in a to r and helped to o r
ganize th is p ro g ra m ,
then
P A s K lR LUGAR I.. JACKSON
served
as D ire c to r of t ie
Handy Man D e |ia itm e n i a fte r
It was organized.
It
was
through his e ffo its that many
Senior C itize n s are receiving
Outreach Counseling, pood.
C a re, anil Jobs through this
p ro g ra m . He also le l|e d to
organize I lie C e nter.
He is suivived by his w ife ,
P a rtlc la , three s o n s ,C liffo rd ,
Ronald and Jonathan; thiee
step ch ild re n , Je n n ife r, Greg,
and M ichael; a s is te i, Alethia
Sm ith; a b ro th e r; two grand
c h ild re n and several great
gland ch ild re n .
Sunday, A p r il 9, 1972, the
I mon F ellow ship Ser vice w ill
I * held at Bethel A . M . E.
C hurch a t6 p .n i. M em bers and
fr ie n d s
of p a rticip a tin g
churches a i e invited to come
and let us w orship together.
P a rtic ip a tin g churches are:
M a llo ry
Avenue C h ris tia n
C h u rc h ,
Bethel A . M . E .
C hurch, Vancouver Avenue
F ir s t Baptist C hurch, F ir s t
A.M .P..Z. Church, Highland
B aptist C h u ich , Mount o liv e t
B aptist C hurch, Hughes Mem
o ria l I mted M ethodistC hurch
and Allen Ie m p le C , M , E .
C hurch.
I lie services Sunday eve
ning w ill le conducted by th e
M in is te rs with th e C h o iro f A l
len I em ple C .M .E . Church
furnishing the m usic and tlie
message brought by the pastor
o f A len I c m P I e C. M . I-..
C lw rc h . Ilie I mted Church
Women of Portland pre vio usly
liste d js sponsors ol tlie se r
vice w ill tie scheduled at a la t
e r date.
I he Union Pel lowshlp Ser
vice on the second Sunday
in each month is the best op
p o rtu n ity we have to demon
stra te our oneness in sp i r I t ,
walk, w ork and w orship with
each o th e r and let the com m u
n ity know that we are C h ris
tians by our oneness and our
love fo r each other.
A p r il
By C a rn e g ie " H a p p y ” Pullen
fn e m l to yo u rse lf, then you
o!
" ( l i e Ruling C la s s " , a new
play 1« I ’e ie i Barnes w ill lie
presented as its west Coast
p re m ie r try I he New th e a tre ,
215 sp. 9tn, beginning A p r il
14 anil running th io u g li May
13 (F rid a y s Saturday) al 8:30
pan.
I i took six m onths fo r the
New I lie d ie to convince the
authoi io let them produce
th is play. Ii is I «ring m u le
Into a Him with P e te r 11’ I oole
ami w ill nor le g e n e i a lly a v a il
able lo i s e v e i.il yea rs.
O ur review s have le e n re
quested by tie lam ous W in.
M o r r is I »lent Agency of New
Y o rk ami the a u th o r's agent
In London.
l i e play stru ck me
like a reve la tion' P rudenth
I had expected nothing, and
o ve rw lie ltn in g ly I was given
a ll:
W it, ju th o s , evening
m elodram a, b r illia n t s a tire ,
d m PI «-edged philosophy, ho r
r o r , cyn icism , iml sentim ent,
a ll combined In a p e rle c l
un ity
H arold Hobson,
I ondon Tim es,
I ickets are available at
Stevens A so n s, I.lo y ilC e n te r;
O hm 's Law , NW 2 ls ta n d M a r-
sha ll; P ortland state I D iver
s ity Box Office; o r c a lIC .U J i.
(C enter lo r I i txifl Encounter)
lo r ticke ts ami re se rva tio n s.
I lie New I heatre Is a part
of tlie Cem ei fo r Urban En
counter ol tlie G re a te r P o rt
land C ouncil of C hurches-
fo t m ore in fo rm atio n on tlie
group c a ll 224-1144.
Vancouver Ave. First Baptist Church
31.W N. Vancouver Ave.
Phone 2H2-94fH)
Sunday School
M y lie a ri goes out to you
O man, because I cannot con-
nobler, m ore he roic, m ore
ten derly loving, loyal, unself
ish aral enduring than you
are.
A ll tlie love I know is man*!
love.
A ll the lorgiveness
know is m an's forgiveness
A ll the sympathy I know is
m an's sym pathy.
And lienee I address my
se lf to man - to you
ami
you I would serve. The fact
that you are a human being
brings you near to rne,
It
is the bond that unites us.
I understand you because you
are a pa rt of m y s e lf, you
may like me o r not
it
makes no d iffe re n ce . II you
evei need my help I am w ith
you.
Often we can help each oth
e r most by leaving each oth er
alone; at o th e r tim es we need
the hand grasp ami the won!
of c h e e t.
1 am only a man - a m ere
man - Ixit in tim es ol lo n e li
ness think of me as one who
loves his kind.
What youi condition is in
life w ill not prejudice me
e ith e r fo r o r against you.
What you have Jone o r not
done w ill not weigh in the
scale.
If you have been wise ami
prudent I congratulate you.
unless you are unable to fo i
get how w ise ami good you
are - then I p ity you.
It you have stumbled .in<1
(alien ami twen m ired in the
mud, ami h ive tailed to be a
.Il people need !: lend ship,
and I am your frie n d .
I am the t i lend of con victs,
insane people ami fools - suc-
cessful ami unsuccessful, c o l
lege-grad and illite r a te .
You a ll belong to m y c h u rc h .
1 could not exclude you if
I would. But if I should shut
you out I would then close
tlie d o o r upon m yse lf and be
a p riso n e i indeed.
I he s p ir it of frien dsh ip that
flow s thiough me, and of w hich
I am a p a rt, is you r portion
too.
If you e r r It is not fo r me
to punishyou. W earepunished
by our sins not fo r them.
Soon o r late I know you w ill
see that to do rig ht bi ings
. an I
In w i nog 1 iInga
m is e ry , but you w ill abide
by the law and a ll good things
be you rs.
I cannot change
these laws - I cannot make
you exempt fro m your own
blum lers am! m istakes.
Ami you cannot change tlie
ete rn al laws fo r me, even
though you die lo r me. But
perhaps 1 can point you to the
pathway that leads to love,
tru th , ami usetulness, and this
I want to do because I am your
frie n d . Ami by pointing you
the way I find it m yse lf, y ou
belong to me - your are a
m em ber of my church.
So o ve r the plains and
p i.iir ie s , ovei tlie mountains
ami seas . . . ui s o lita ry c e lls
o r wandering um ler the stars,
my tieart goes out to you,
whoever you are . Only love
do I send and a d e sire to
bless and b e n e fit."
I 1.00 A M
The supreme p ra y e r of my
heart is not to be learned,
ric h , famous, powerful o r
even good, but sim p ly to be
radiant. I de sire to radiate
health, cheerfulness, calm
courage and g o o d -w ill.
1 w ish to live without hate,
whim , jealousy, envy, te a r.
I wish to be sim ple, honest,
fra n k , na tural, clean in mind
and clean in body, unaffected-
to say, " I do not kno w ," if it
be so, and to meet a ll men
on an absolute equality, to
face any obstacle and meet
eve ry d iffic u lty unabashed and
un afraid.
1 w ish others to live th e ir
lives too, up to th e ir highest,
fu lle s t and best. To that end
1 pray that 1 may never med
d le , in te rfe re , d icta te , give
advice that is not wanted, o r
assist when my se rvice s are
not needed.
I f I can help
people. I ’ ll do it by giving
them a chance to help them
selves; ami If | can u p lift
o r in sp ire , let it be by examp
le, inference am! suggestion,
rathei than by injunction ami
d icta tio n .
| h«t ia to M y, I
d e sire to be Radiant - to
Radiate Life!
E Ib e rt Hubbard
Christian youth center
Dr. O.B. Williams, Pastor
The Church With A H e a rt-F e lt W elcome"
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5828 N.E. 8th
A. Lee Henderson, Minister
Mrs. Jessie Henson
288-5429
Ellis Casson, Associate Minister
Church School
Morning Worship
Wed Noon — The Hour of Power
Wed Prayer & Closs Meeting
9:45 am
11:00 am
12:00 noun
7:30 pm
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CALDWELL’S
COLONIAL MORTUARY
20 N.E. 14th Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97232
CALL 232 4111
PAY
OR
NIGHT
Dear F e llo w -L a b o u re rs foi
C h ris t Jesus:
G reetings Irom the " o ld
House that is la u g h in g .*’
some two years havepa-sed
s in c e we held the f ir s t open
house here in the old house on
tlie c o rn e r of Rodney ami shav
e r S lie e ts in P o rtla n d ,O re
gon. Many ol you nodoubt are
asking tlie questions - What
has happened to tlie monies,
p ra ye rs, amt labors of love
poured into tlie p ro je ct there?
Has It a ll le e n in vain? To
these questions may we in -
sw er w ith a voice of humble
thankfulness - No, it has n o t
been in vain'
I lie o ld House is laughing,
io r the w ork tliat legan two
years ago which we le lie v e
was an idea conceived by God
has continued to g ro w , d o w
slo w ly, it is tre e , hut grow it
Is. And it is m eeting needs -
the needs of 'hom elikeness’
and someone c a re s ' to many
youngsters in th is area.
I 1« renovation of tlie old
house is in its e lf a gre at te s ti
mony to tlie neighborhood, A
place once used fo r vice amt
c o rru p tio n now being used fo r
the g lo ry of God - lik e a little
D u ring the last couple of
years I've gone fro m dances
to p a rtie s, jam s e s s i o n s ,
church to church, searching
fo r my id en tity. I was always
looking foi som ething,(what it
was I don’ t knowj. A ll of the
hardships and fa ilu re s that 1
encountered re a lly made me
begin to give up. O f t e n , I
thought to m yse lf "W h a t's the
use? Teenagers aren’ t sup
posed to w a s te th e irliv e s ; they
are always supposed to have
fun and not w o rry about any
thing o r anybody but them
selves.” But one day I was so
"d ow n In the du m ps" that Sa
tan could have e a sily walked
into my life and taken o ve r. In
stead, thank God, He came
along ju s t In tim e . F ro m then
on 1 realized that G o d was a ll
1 needed to "g e t b y ." Sudden
ly I fe ll on m y knees and ju s t
praised God fo r his goodness
and m ercy.
I ’ ve never thought of m yse lf
as being a " Black C h ris tia n *’
but s im p ly a C h ris tia n . L ik e
other C h ris tia n s 1 believe in
God the F a th e r and Jesus.
When 1 go to church on Sundays
1 never con sid er m yse lf any
d iffe re n t fro m anyone else.
not as man sees: man looks on
the outward appearance but the
L o rd looks on the h e a rt." But
in spite of th is man cannot help
but "Ju dg e a Book by It's Cov
e r."
M AR Y HOOKER
Because w e 're a ll the same in
the sight of God. It makes no
d iffe re n ce whether we are ric h
o r poor, black o r w h ite. B u t
as I stop and think, I can see
that being " A Black C h ris
tia n " is v e ry Im portant to m e .
Because it helps me relate to
the B lacks in a way that the
w hites w ill never be a b le to.
B ut, we should a ll rem em ber
what is w ritte n in I Samuel
16:7, when the L o rd said to
Samuel, " D o not look on his
appearance o r on the height of
his sta tu re , because I have re
jected him ; f o r the L o rd sees
I wish so v e ry much that I
could get people to see that re
ligio n has no c o lo r. T hat as
fa r as God is concerned we are
all the same. That " I n m y
F a th e r's house are many man
sions, (John I4;2), but w e’ve
a ll got to go d o w n the s a m e
road to get to them a ll. 1 feel
that I have to be a strong one
fo r the weak. I want to shout
out and te ll the w o rld that God
is not dead, but H e's s t ill a liv e !
I know because he liv e s in me.
I hope to get people to see that
if we've made it th is fa r, w ith
the L o rd ’ s guidance we can
make it on to the P rom ised
Land. I wouldn’ t give up s e rv
ing God fo r a ll the rich es in the
w o rld . I'm going to prophecy
fo r him as long as H egives me
the strength to goon. Because
I k n o w that If R ichard A llen
made it in 1789 I can make it
in 1972 w ith God’ s help.
1 thank God fo r allow in g me
to w rite th is essay.
M ay God Bless and Keep
E veryone. Am en.
The Radiat L ife
9 :0 0 A M
Morning Worship
EVERY W EEK
By M a ry Hooker
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TESTAMENT I OM AN
AND
The role of a Christian
Zest of Life
"The Ruling Class’
opens
B istl a
Souse
of (Soil
this meek
3, R o b e rt
(d a y School field a S|>ecial
M em orial Assem bly for f i r .
M a rtin Luther King, J r . Six
sfudents fro m M a rtin Luther
K Mg School presented songs
and readings used many tunes
By O r. King in m arches aral
dem onstratidns f r o m
th e
B irm ingham Hus Boycott until
bis death.
E ach
srudent told th e ir
dream as a young black A m e r
ican tu la y . F o llow ing , a young
sister gave a m oving in te rp re -
talion of O r,K mg’ s fa m o u s ,"!
H ive A Dream ** speech. I he
students concluded the assem
bly singing "W e shall O ver
come ami " L i f t P.very Voice
and Sing.**
candle in a very ark Corner,
it shines (o r Jesus.
I he
average attendance
ranges letw een twenty and
th ir ty . I lie biggest la c k is
consecrated adults, w ith an
enduring, im p ellin g love fo r
ch ild re n .
This is a m ission fie ld , so
needy and such a challenge.
But we say as Paul oi old, " I
can do all t h i n g s through
C h ris t which strengthen m e ."
( P h il. 4:13)
I lie o ld House is Laughing.
I he w alls are bursting once a
w e e k w ith youngsters, th e
g o sje l being taught am! shown.
At th is stage we a r e asking,
"W hat now, L o n i? "
Please continue to pra y fo r
us, that above a ll, ilie w ill of
tlie I ord 1« done.
Y ours w ith C h ris t’ s love fo r
ch ild re n , THE BASSES.
Caucus
refutes
Nixon
claim
Ih e Congressional Black
Caucus dism issed c la im s of
the Nixon A d m in is tra tio n Of
pro gre ss in c iv il rig h ts as
" h a lf tru th s '* desigend to win
the black vote in Novem ber.
In a statem ent released in
Washington, the Caucus said
a W hite House statem ent is
sued January 19th on the c iv il
rig h ts reco rd of the Nixon
A d m in istra tio n "p re se n te d a
wealth of s ta tis tic s and state
m ents, w hich, if accepted in
th e ir e n tire ty , would lead one
fu rth e r fro m the tru th ra th e r
than toward it.**
The Caucus is d ra ftin g its
own c iv il rig h ts scoreboard
in response to the W hite House
document, hecause " w e cannot
be expected to hear the fu ll
tru th about c iv il rig h ts fro m
the A d m in istra tio n whichgave
us 'henigh n e g le ct*."
The te rm "b e n ig h neglect**
was used in a secre t W hite
House memorandum by fo r
m er
P re sid e n tia l
a d vise r
Dam al M oynihan. The memo
which subsequently became
p u blic, suggested that black
people m ight make m ore p ro
gress without continued agita
tion.
TOjtCtiurrtjof Dour
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CKxc* and Sr*«oo> *or Canwixv»»
ST ANOftEW S CATHOLIC C HIM CH
281-4429
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K X 'LA N C O O C O h 47211
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ALLEN TEMPLE CME CHURCH
C orner of 8th Ave snd Skidmore
Sunday W orship 11:00 A .M .
C hristian Youth Fellowship 6:00 P>1.
(2nd and Fourth Sundays)
Bev- Thomas Strayhand, M in iste r
S.S. 9:30 AJM.
r//f J L w / Olivet Haptist Church
Rev John H. Jackson
Minister
N.E. First and Schuyler
Portland, Ore
Phone 2 8 4 -1 9 54
Sunday School
Morning Worship
Vesper
9 am
I I am
5 pm
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M a ra n a th a Evangelistic Center
1222 N. E. SKIDMORE
Albina C h ris tia n A outh C e nter j
Douglas and M u rie l Bass,
D ire c to rs
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3973 N J i, Rodney
P o rtla n d , Oregon 97212
Telephone: 284 - 8089
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P a sto r B ible C la ss 9:15 am
B ib le T ra in in g School 9; 15 am
Sunday m orning w o rsh ip 11 am
Evening Worship 7 pm
Bible Study Hour Tue. 7 pm
Church Office 288-72*41
Hour of P ra y e r Power
Youth Office 288-7243 W ed 7 pm to 8 pm
Youth M eeting F r i 7:30 pm
Reverend Wendell Wallace Pastor
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1972
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